on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 11:29:34PM +0000, Brian Potkin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 12:46:36AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:08:15AM +0100, Robert Waldner ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > A very convenient way to find out what package a given file belongs to > > > is via http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages ("Search Contents of > > > Latest Release"). > > > > An even more convenient one is > > > > $ apt-cache search <pattern> > > The convenience of `apt-cache search' saves the cost of a telephone call > but at the cost of accuracy. It searches, I think, only package names > and descriptions.
Fair enough. I wasn't aware that it didn't search the entire package list. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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