Bug#153096: dpkg: -S on man page should further metion what it wont find
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.9.21
Severity: wishlist
please either add notes about what -S wont find to the manpage [in the
-S paragraph], or fix dpkg...
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Subject: Re: dpkg -S and symlinks --> spell check in mutt
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Oops. Typo again.
Maybe I should force myself spell checking before sending. Any good
idea for MUTT? I keep forgetting typing "i" before "y". Maybe MACRO?
On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 11:02:56PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 07:54:14AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Noting that the look command lacks the word herbicide, I will be a
> > good Samaritan and inform somebody, or so i thought:
> > I do
> > $ man look
> > "If file is not specified, the file /usr/share/dict/words is used..."
> > $ dpkg -S /usr/share/dict/words
> > dpkg: /usr/share/dict/words not found.
> > Oh, I see it is a symlink. Odd, the dpkg man page doesn't mention -S
> > doesn't know about symlinks. Must be a bug, no?
>
> This is my frastration with current debian system.
s/frastration/frustration/
>
> "dpkg -S" only shows files in package but files created by install
> scripts are not shown because it is not in package. "symlinks are
> created by postinstall scripts for sure.
>
>
> This is not a bug in narrow sense but usability bug. Thus you can file
> ths as wishlist, I think...
s/ths/this/
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Subject: Re: dpkg -S and symlinks
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<quote who="Dan Jacobson">
> Fellas, just where does my inexperience reach a crescendo, and just where
> does Debian "owe me something"?:
>
> Noting that the look command lacks the word herbicide, I will be a good
> Samaritan and inform somebody, or so i thought:
> I do
> $ man look
> "If file is not specified, the file /usr/share/dict/words is used..."
> $ dpkg -S /usr/share/dict/words
> dpkg: /usr/share/dict/words not found.
> Oh, I see it is a symlink. Odd, the dpkg man page doesn't mention -S
> doesn't know about symlinks. Must be a bug, no?
>
> OK, apt-cache search mentions various clues, but I do an dpkg -L
> ispell and dont see /usr/share/dict/words there either.
i am guessing here, but it would make sense if the symlinks
were created during one of the various scripts that are executing
during package installation, it would make the linking more flexible,
if this is the case, that means the symlink is not part of the package
list of files, so it would not show up on dpkg -S .
i think it would be a bad idea if dpkg -S followed symlinks and
reported their targets as being part of the package if the link
pointed to such a file. then anyone could create a buncha symlinks
and point them to files and the system would think those symlinks
are part of that package when they are not.
it's not as convient, but i can't really think of a better way
then to manually follow the symlink and check the file it
points to.
and many links are updated on the fly like those in
'update-alternatives'. last thing i would want is dpkg -S telling
me one thing belongs to one package when it infact may belong
to a different package.
nate
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