on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 11:29:34PM +0000, Brian Potkin (brian@copernicus.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 12:46:36AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> > on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:08:15AM +0100, Robert Waldner (Waldner@KPNQwest.at) wrote:
>
> > > A very convenient way to find out what package a given file belongs to
> > > is via http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages ("Search Contents of
> > > Latest Release").
> >
> > An even more convenient one is
> >
> > $ apt-cache search <pattern>
>
> The convenience of `apt-cache search' saves the cost of a telephone call
> but at the cost of accuracy. It searches, I think, only package names
> and descriptions.
Fair enough. I wasn't aware that it didn't search the entire package
list.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
Attachment:
pgpPdV2swfwe6.pgp
Description: PGP signature