On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 02:56:06PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Taral wrote:
> > What is the point of dpkg -S?
>
> Not having to rely on the actual structure of the dpkg database.
But if dpkg-scanlibs is going to be part of the dpkg code, then why
shouldn't it, at least until dpkg -S is significantly faster?
Julian
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