Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:49:57AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote:
> Geez. Try answering the question, not insulting the guy. The dpkg
> man page is unclear on what -S does:
I wasn't insulting anybody. The *words* were there, only to place emphasis on
the fundamental differences in operation.
> dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ...
> Search for a filename from installed packages.
How is this unclear, exactly?
> So, is there a dpkg option that allows one to determine from which
> package a file came? Or, is there some other program that can provide
> this information?
dpkg -S is only ever useful if you want to check to see whether a file comes
from a package installed on your system. As I have said, if the file was
created by an application, then it clearly cannot belong to a package. No
information is retained to the creating program, other than *possibly*
debconf's database.
If you want to search for files in packages that you do not have installed,
then apt-file is your friend.
-- Thomas Adam
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