On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 09:30:11AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 5:24:13 AM, Ben wrote: > > That's why. dpkg -S searches your /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list files for the > > package owning it. I suggest looking at > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages for a search on the entire > > distribution. > > Well, that's kind of pointless for people who may not have access to the > net at the time of the search. :/ > > I was looking through /var/lib/dpkg/available except a grep on that > appears to only mention that package in the various kernel-source > descriptions. Ah well. Thanks to you and Ashley for the help. :)
Then download or copy the Contents-<arch>.gz file from the web/ftp site or from your CD and grep that. Ben
