On Mon July 16 2007 01:05:01 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > why not found package man? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc# dpkg -S /usr/bin/man > dpkg: /usr/bin/man not found.
Because /usr/bin/man is a symlink and doesn't exist as a file in any package. "dpkg -S" searches through the contents of the /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list files and will only find packaged paths. $ ls -l /usr/bin/man lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 23 03:57 /usr/bin/man -> ../lib/man-db/man $ dpkg -S /usr/lib/man-db/man man-db: /usr/lib/man-db/man This is a known wishlist item and should either be closed or merged with bug #198220 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=198220) - Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
