On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:32:32PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > begin Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 05:08:54PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > > > Doing a dpkg --configure <pkgname> won't work because the > > > packages have already been configured. > > > > I just stumbled across dpkg-reconfigure (a mention of > > dpkg-reconfigure on the dpkg man page might be a good idea). > > Now, if only there was some way to figure out what package > > owned a particular file... > > i wonder which package owns "/bin/ls"? let me see... > > % dpkg -S /bin/ls > fileutils: /bin/ls > > ahh. it looks like fileutils owns /bin/ls! :)
If I were worried about configuring the contents of /bin/ls, I'd be set. :) # dpkg -S /etc/network/interfaces dpkg: /etc/network/interfaces not found. # dpkg -S /etc/resolv.conf dpkg: /etc/resolv.conf not found. # dpkg -S /etc/hosts dpkg: /etc/hosts not found. # dpkg -S /etc/hostname dpkg: /etc/hostname not found. # dpkg -S /etc/passwd dpkg: /etc/passwd not found. and so on... -- Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
