On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> Maybe pkg_add can (or already does?) set some setting that indicates that
> the package was installed as a dependency or not. If pkg_add doesn't
> already do this, then maybe a new switch or setting could be used for the
> automatic installations of dependent packages. Then maybe a +* file can
> record if it was installed directly or indirectly.

Dare diving into pkg_create (and pkg_add), and you'll encounter
+REQUIRED_BY.


 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>