Re: uudecode?

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Dale Scheetz writes ("Re: uudecode?"):
> On Sun, 5 May 1996 Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca wrote:
...
> > 1. That is equivalent to the simpler command 
> > 	dpkg --search uudecode
> >   
> > 2. Both work if and only if the user has the matching package installed. 
> >    Grepping the Contents.gz file searches among all packages available, 
> >    whether or not they are installed.
> 
> What do you do if you don't have contents.gz?

Then you've failed to download the information you require.  The
solution is to download it.

Ian.