On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:18:30AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > 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. > > that seems to indicate that these files aren't owned by any package. > something like /etc/hostname is no more owned by a package than, say, > /etc is.
I assumed that they were put there by the "configure" stage of some package, and that I need to run dpkg-reconfigure on the right package. Perhaps not -- maybe there is no built-in way to reconfigure a Debian system. > i'm not sure *how* they get on the system, but my guess is that > it's simply part of the install process, as opposed to the > "package installation" process which occurs after the base > system is installed. Could be. -- Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
