Re: apt-cache (was as86 ...)
From: Heather <star@betelgeuse.starshine.org>
Subject: Re: apt-cache (was as86 ...)
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:36:36 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <[🔎] 200007071836.LAA16072@betelgeuse.starshine.org>
> > > > I think it can. Try it on a package that you haven't got installed.
> > > > Brendan Simon.
> > >
> > > No -- the reason it works in this particular case is because as86 is
> > > mentioned in the description of bin86. If a file isn't mentioned in the
> > > description, or somewhere similar, apt-cache search won't find it.
> >
> > darn, thought that might be the case.
> >
> > as a side note, does anyone have a fool-proof way of determining which
> > package a file on a given system "belongs" to? typically, i grep
> > among /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list, but i don't think this will turn up
> > files that are created during the installation process (as compared to
> > files that are included inside of debian packages that just get
> > unpacked).
>
> Um, you could combine this method with installwatch, and have it log to
> .iw files or something. But it'd require a wrapper around dpkg I think.
> Errr, console-apt : does it used the dpkg commandline app, or just reach
> for the lower libraries?
>
> Don't forget the list of configfiles too. (which as far as the packager
> knows, belong to Local Sysadmin :> )
it seems like it'd be nice for this kind of functionality to be part
of the system ;-)
> (rathole alert: this isn't a very laptop-ish topic.)
you're right. i'll stop. sorry about that.
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