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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3a9ebe8a63..adc7fefcae 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5445,6 +5445,10 @@ end, display the fraction of packages covered by all these updaters. List top-level dependent packages that would need to be rebuilt as a result of upgrading one or more packages. +@xref{Invoking guix graph, the @code{reverse-package} type of +@command{guix graph}}, for information on how to visualize the list of +dependents of a package. + @end table Be aware that the @code{--list-dependent} option only @@ -5746,6 +5750,20 @@ This is the default type used in the example above. It shows the DAG of package objects, excluding implicit dependencies. It is concise, but filters out many details. +@item reverse-package +This shows the @emph{reverse} DAG of packages. For example: + +@example +guix graph --type=reverse-package ocaml +@end example + +... yields the graph of packages that depend on OCaml. + +Note that for core packages this can yield huge graphs. If all you want +is to know the number of packages that depend on a given package, use +@command{guix refresh --list-dependent} (@pxref{Invoking guix refresh, +@option{--list-dependent}}). + @item bag-emerged This is the package DAG, @emph{including} implicit inputs. |