Re: Begone, vile emacs!
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 07:51:29AM -0400, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> bash-2.03$ dpkg -S `which emacs`
> dpkg: /usr/bin/emacs not found.
>
> What package do I have to purge? Is there some other obscure tool for
> finding files in packages? Who put it there?
My condolences on emacs. I agree wholeheartedly.
/usr/bin/emacs is probably a symlink, which is why the dpkg -S doesn't
find it. You can resolve it to a file and try that path, or just look for an
installed copy:
dpkg -l | grep ^i | grep -i emacs
Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@storm.ca>
"...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount
of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX
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