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Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?



On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:33:09AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Thomas Adam wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:28:09PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
> > > Is it fairly common, then, that packages only create their config files,
> > > and don't include them in the package originally.  I can see times when
> > 
> > Of course it is. There are *hundreds* of files that are created in this
> > manner, usually brought about because they're created by the very programs in
> > other packages, and so there is no way of ever supplying the files in the
> > first place.
> 
> Or by debconf-ization of packages, which often need this.

Yes, I mentioned that.

> > > that would lead to confusion.  Is there another way to find out where a
> > > file belongs?
> > 
> > No, since any answer would be completely erroneous.
> 
> Actually, we have been requesting this functionality to the dpkg crew for a
> while.  It will arrive someday.

Right.

-- Thomas Adam
--
"Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in 
the arse." -- Morrissey.



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