# What's the dep/revdep command again? (reiserfsprogs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Pacman & AUR helpers\ **Created:** [December 13, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949 "2025-12-13T02:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/1 "2025-12-13T02:01:18Z")
this is something in my update which is an AUR package update. not sure why I have this. Was deprecated from our own repo last Feb. Is there a way to see how I dragged this in thru the AUR? graci! ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/2 "2025-12-13T02:06:46Z")
Can you show the output? Edit: Are you asking why you have reiserfsprogs? ---
**Author:** ![cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/cactux/32/134907_2.png) [@cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/cactux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/3 "2025-12-13T02:12:53Z")
> [@drunkenvicar](#): > > Is there a way to see how I dragged this in thru the AUR? If you take a look at: [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reiserfsprogs](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reiserfsprogs) you will see which AUR packages require resp. optionally require `reiserfsprogs`. Unless you have installed one of these packages which may has “pulled in” or you optionally installed reiser… then it must be the leftover of some standard packagelist install from the past. Just remove it with pacman and you will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/4 "2025-12-13T02:13:42Z")
the updtae just kind of loops like this but was successful: libtool: warning: ‘../reiserfscore/libreiserfscore.la’ has not been installed in ‘/usr/lib’ libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/reiserfsck /home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/pkg/reiserfsprogs/usr/bin/reiserfsck make install-exec-hook make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/src/reiserfsprogs-3.6.27/fsck’ ln -s reiserfsck /home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/pkg/reiserfsprogs/usr/bin/fsck.reiserfs /usr/bin/install -c -m 755 -d /home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/pkg/reiserfsprogs/usr/share/man/man8 ln -s reiserfsck.8 /home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/pkg/reiserfsprogs/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.reiserfs.8 make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/src/reiserfsprogs-3.6.27/fsck’ /usr/bin/mkdir -p ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/pkg/reiserfsprogs/usr/share/man/man8’ /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 reiserfsck.8 ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/pkg/reiserfsprogs/usr/share/man/man8’ make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/src/reiserfsprogs-3.6.27/fsck’ make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/src/reiserfsprogs-3.6.27/fsck’ Making install in debugreiserfs make[1]: Entering directory ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/src/reiserfsprogs-3.6.27/debugreiserfs’ make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/src/reiserfsprogs-3.6.27/debugreiserfs’ /usr/bin/mkdir -p ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/pkg/reiserfsprogs/usr/bin’ /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c debugreiserfs ‘/home/dv/.cache/yay/reiserfsprogs/pkg/reiserfsprogs/usr/bin’ libtool: warning: ‘../reiserfscore/libreiserfscore.la’ has not been installed in ‘/usr/lib’ $ yay -Si reiserfsprogs Repository : aur Name : reiserfsprogs Version : 3.6.27-6 Description : Reiserfs utilities URL : [https://www.kernel.org/](https://www.kernel.org/) Licenses : GPL-2.0-only Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : e2fsprogs glibc util-linux-libs Optional Deps : None Make Deps : None Check Deps : None Conflicts With : None Replaces : None AUR URL : [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reiserfsprogs](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reiserfsprogs) First Submitted : Sun 09 Feb 2025 05:27:19 AM MST Keywords : None Last Modified : Thu 11 Dec 2025 01:49:38 PM MST Maintainer : micwoj92 Popularity : 1.879712 Votes : 26 Out-of-date : No ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/5 "2025-12-13T02:15:00Z")
I think you can just remove it. Not sure how you got it installed. It’s required for these . ![Screenshot_20251212_211326](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/7/775b88d9b6feb9d324611ae632f009e44f72089e.png) Edit: I don’t have it installed. ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/6 "2025-12-13T02:16:22Z")
> [@cactux](#): > > then it must be the leftover of some standard packagelist install from the past. pretty religious (monthly) with the -Qtdq but youre prpbably right ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/7 "2025-12-13T02:17:17Z")
I don’t recognize any of those packages. Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/8 "2025-12-13T02:18:15Z")
As @cactux said it’s probably some left over package cache from something. ---
**Author:** ![cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/cactux/32/134907_2.png) [@cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/cactux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/9 "2025-12-13T02:18:30Z")
> [@drunkenvicar](#): > > pretty religious (monthly) with the -Qtdq but youre prpbably right The reiserfsprogs must have been part of a standard install of EOS at some point thus explicitly installed and not as a dependency of another package not currently installed on the system leaving some orphans behind. Therefore your command won’t “capture” it. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/10 "2025-12-13T02:19:40Z")
You might be right? I vaguely recall seeing it in the past but I’ve reinstalled many times with testing on my bare metal machines. ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/11 "2025-12-13T02:20:36Z")
I don’t recognize any of those packages. Mmm. > [@cactux](#): > > The reiserfsprogs must have been part of a standard install of EOS at some point thus explicitly installed and not as a dependency of another package. Therefore your command won’t “capture” it. Maybe. Arch removed it in Feb. from /extra. My install’s 2 years old so an AUR package as standard install is interesting. ---
**Author:** ![cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/cactux/32/134907_2.png) [@cactux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/cactux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/12 "2025-12-13T02:23:16Z")
> [@drunkenvicar](#): > > My install’s 2 years old so an AUR package as standard install is interesting. It must have been installed while still part of the Arch’s repo before it dropped to AUR. Not installed from AUR as part of the standard install. Remove it with `sudo pacman -Rs` ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/13 "2025-12-13T02:26:54Z")
```auto $ yay -Rs reiserfsprogs [sudo] password for dv: checking dependencies… Package (1) Old Version Net Change reiserfsprogs 3.6.27-6 -0.59 MiB Total Removed Size: 0.59 MiB :: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] y :: Processing package changes… (1/1) removing reiserfsprogs [----------------------] 100% :: Running post-transaction hooks… (1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate… ``` gone now, thanks to both. @cactux think you are correct. any odd journey for that package to take but I’ve not seen everything 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/drunkenvicar/32/112222_2.png) [@drunkenvicar](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/drunkenvicar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/14 "2025-12-13T02:29:17Z")
> [@ricklinux](#): > > Edit: Are you asking why you have reiserfsprogs? did not see the edit til now. Yes, I am. ---
**Author:** ![CarlLaFong](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/carllafong/32/97704_2.png) [@CarlLaFong](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/CarlLaFong)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/15 "2025-12-13T04:23:37Z")
Isn’t that the file system that was long abandoned then deprecated because the dev has been in prison for murder? 😬 ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/16 "2025-12-13T06:32:42Z")
The installer used to install it because it was needed by the installer. It should be safe to remove it. ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/whats-the-dep-revdep-command-again-reiserfsprogs/76949/17 "2025-12-13T08:10:29Z")
@drunkenvicar Finally remembered it was here i last recalled it. > [@Reiserfsprogs removed from Arch Repository](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/reiserfsprogs-removed-from-arch-repository/67540): > > We HotFixed current ISO already, to not try installing it anymore, but as it is still installed on the current released ISO it will still be an option to be used for manual partition. So it is not possible to use Reiser filesystem for installs anymore. It will result in an unbooting OS. As installed system will miss the support for the reiserfs. ReiserFS has been discussed for removal from the Linux kernel since early 2022 due to a lack of maintenance upstream, and techn…