On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Walter Tautz wrote:
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> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Brian Potkin wrote:
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> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:27:36AM -0500, DvB wrote:
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> > > Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
> > > install it first?
> > >
> > > I can't find this functiona
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 11:07:48PM -0500, DvB wrote:
> Maybe I'm asking too much with this, but a changelog or link to one
> might also be nice...
It's very often requested. It used to be there, but first the lintian
lab went away for various reasons, and then extracting it directly all
the time c
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:45:55PM -0400, dman wrote:
> The other main complaint I have with p.d.o is it doesn't help one to
> find the upstream website which usually has more documentation than
> the package summary. If any package maintainers see this, please
> include a URL to the upstream site
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 03:17:13PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote:
> | dvanbalen writes:
> | DvB> Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
> | DvB> install it first?
> |
> | If you already have the .deb file, you can run 'dpkg --conten
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 03:17:13PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote:
| dvanbalen writes:
| DvB> Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
| DvB> install it first?
|
| If you already have the .deb file, you can run 'dpkg --contents
| file.deb'. But probably downloading is t
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:27:36AM -0500, DvB wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
> > install it first?
> >
> > I can't find this functionality on packages.debian.org and, IMHO, it
> > would be useful if
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:27:36AM -0500, DvB wrote:
> Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
> install it first?
>
> I can't find this functionality on packages.debian.org and, IMHO, it
> would be useful if it were present. Would it be that hard to implement
> thi
dvanbalen writes:
DvB> Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
DvB> install it first?
If you already have the .deb file, you can run 'dpkg --contents
file.deb'. But probably downloading is the harder part in the general
case; I don't know of a good way to see what
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:27:36AM -0500, DvB wrote:
> Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
> install it first?
'dpkg -c foo.deb'
> I can't find this functionality on packages.debian.org and, IMHO, it
> would be useful if it were present. Would it be that hard to
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