Package: apt-file Severity: minor On Vi, 24 oct 14, 13:44:06, Malte Forkel wrote: > Am 24.10.2014 um 13:08 schrieb Darac Marjal: > > Actually, apt-file will search the whole path (try 'apt-file search > > bin'). If you like, try the -x option to apt-file to specify a > > perl-compatible regex. > > You're right! Thanks for pointing that out. I was mislead by the man > page auf apt-file 2.5.1 (in wheezy) which says > > search Search in which package a file is included. A list of all pack‐ > ages containing the pattern pattern is returned. > > apt-file will only search for filenames, not directory names. > This is due to the format of the Contents files it searches. > > A misinterpretation on my behalf or a bug in the documentation?
If my understanding is correct: packages may also contain (empty)
directories, but these will not be found by apt-file (because of the
format of the Contents files[1]), but files are included with the full
path so a search will match a directory in the path.
The manpage would probably do with a slight enhancement ;)
Something like below might do it:
apt-file will only search for filenames, including any portion of
the full path, but not directory names. This is due to the format of
the Contents files it searches.
[1] excerpt from a Contents file:
When a file is contained in more than one package, all packages are
listed. When a directory is contained in more than one package, only
the first is listed.
Kind regards,
Andrei
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