Re: Package question

[Aurélien Morelle <aurelien.morelle@laposte.net>]

Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Aurélien Morelle wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've done  "apt-file update" and then "apt-file search msgfmt" 
> > returns nothing.
> > It makes me think it comes not from a package... strange.
>
> > It does not work for me on a completely unstable (upgraded and
> > dist-upgraded daily) i386/i686 system.
> > More, I have gettext (and then /usr/bin/msgfmt) installed.
>
> you could alternatively try
> dpkg -S msgfmt
>
> What output does this yield?
It yields this output :

gettext: /usr/lib/gettext/msgfmt.net.exe
gettext: /usr/bin/msgfmt
gettext: /usr/share/man/man1/msgfmt.1.gz

but it searches in installed packages whereas apt-file searches in 
repository.

'apt-file list gettext' shows also nothing.

> Johannes
>
> man dpkg:
>               dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ...
>                   Search for a filename from installed packages.