But certainly this was intended to be an automated feature, right? Is it a flag that you give to dpkg, or the compiled default in some later version (I'm running 1.4.0.34, and have no Contents), or just the result of a bunch of Debian users deciding it was a Good Idea to schedule a cron job to download this file and put it in /var/lib/dpkg?
The way this file was referred to in this thread, it really sounded like it was something that should exist, unless you took specific steps to remove it from your system. Have I inadvertently taken such a step? I don't know what the difference is between the "available" file (which does exist) and the "Contents" file. The former gave me the information I needed when I put it to the test, looking for software that produces thumbnail images, in response to another post on this list. Marc ---------- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 ---------- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" >>> "Eric Gillespie, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/12 2:01 PM >>> On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 10:08:04PM -0500, ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I kind of hate to jump into a string like this but at the risk of > sounding real stupid how can one create this > /var/lib/dpkg/Contents-i386.gz file. I've searched for it on my Slink > system and it just isn't there. I took a look at the dpkg man page and > see no reference to the file. I see that you can look for packages in > /var/lib/dpkg/available but that's not the same. > Thanks, > kent > You can pull it out of your Debian mirror from dists/slink/Contents-i386.gz -- Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't you try to out-weird me! I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal! --Zaphod Beeblebrox -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
