Re: dpkg -S problem
> Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> >
> > I am wondering, if dpkg -S is working for other people very unreliably too
> > (see example below). I guess one of the problem is, that dpkg cannot handle
> > paths which contain symbolic links, but this cannot easily solved. But the
> > following example (Debian 2.0r2) was surprising for me, because
> > /usr/bin/printmail does not contain a symbolic link.
> >
> > Explanation: containing a symbolic link
> >
> > $ ls -l /usr/bin/|grep X11
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 14 16:22 X11 -> ../X11R6/bin
> >
> > Thus /usr/bin/X11/Xvnc contains a symbolic link.
> >
> >
> >
> > $ dpkg -l /usr/bin/printmail
> > No packages found matching /usr/bin/printmail.
> >
> > $ dpkg -L elm-me+|grep printmail
> > /usr/bin/printmail
> > /usr/man/man1/printmail.1.gz
>
> Could you check how the filenames are stored in /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list
>
/.
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/elm
/usr/bin/answer
/usr/bin/checkalias
/usr/bin/elmalias
/usr/bin/fastmail
/usr/bin/frm
/usr/bin/listalias
/usr/bin/messages
/usr/bin/newalias
/usr/bin/newmail
/usr/bin/printmail
/usr/bin/readmsg
/usr/bin/wnewmail
/usr/bin/nfrm
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/elm-me+
/usr/lib/elm-me+/prlong
/usr/lib/elm-me+/elm-help.0
/usr/lib/elm-me+/elm-help.1
/usr/lib/elm-me+/elm-help.2
/usr/lib/elm-me+/elm-help.3
/usr/lib/elm-me+/elmrc-info
/usr/doc
/usr/doc/elm-me+
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Cover.fmtd.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Form.fmtd.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Ref.fmtd.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Users.fmtd.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/copyright
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Alias.fmtd.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Config.fmtd.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/README.debian.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/changelog.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/buildinfo.Debian
/usr/doc/elm-me+/README.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Overview.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Changes
/usr/doc/elm-me+/Patchlist.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/ANNOUNCE.ME.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/doc/elm-me+/ChangeLog.ME.gz
/usr/man
/usr/man/man1
/usr/man/man1/elm.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/elmalias.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/fastmail.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/frm.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/listalias.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/messages.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/printmail.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/answer.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/readmsg.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/newmail.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/wnewmail.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/checkalias.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/newalias.1.gz
/etc
/etc/elm-me+
/etc/elm-me+/elm.rc
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Rainer Dorsch
Abt. Rechnerarchitektur e-mail:rainer.dorsch@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Uni Stuttgart Tel.: 0711-7816-215
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