On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 05:42:28PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote: > >> why not dpkg -l emacs ? > > jm> un emacs <none> (no description available) > > It's probably "emacs19" or "emacs20", or one of the xemacs varieties.
Neither! It's really strange. > The simplest way to find out what package a particuler file belongs to > is with dpkg -S; try something like: > > $ dpkg -S bin/emacs Not there either. I've decided to *install* emacs (19, I believe, from my locate database) and then PURGE the fiend. Please don't turn me in to the joe user's emacs resistance... > "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ... dot com. (The domain is available for E-mail forwarding from mail.com) (Great .sig... And I just noticed mine... ahh, Espy...) -- Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html == <Espy> tomorrow there will be a great disturbance in the workforce -- May 18, 1999