Re: 'auto-apt search' vs 'dpkg -L'
On 03-Jan-2002 Alec wrote:
> Hi
>
> I noticed that (on woody) searching for a file with auto-apt will sometimes
> produce no results, while dpkg -L may list the file. E.g.
> $ auto-apt search pa_sml
> $ dpkg -L camlp4 | grep pa_sml
> /usr/lib/camlp4/pa_sml.cmo
>
> Why?
>
auto-apt, like apt needs to have update run every now and then. Perhaps
auto-apt's database is slightly out of date on your system?
auto-apt also only knows what is in the debian server's Contents file. So if
you grab packages from non-Debian mirrors who do not have this file you may
miss results.
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