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From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] equery depends ----> Invalid db entry:
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:57:11
Message-Id: 20071130075040.4c72e435@osage.osagesoftware.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] equery depends ----> Invalid db entry: by Dale
1 On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:40:17 -0600
2 Dale wrote:
3
4 > David Relson wrote:
5 > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:52:03 +0100
6 > > Marc Joliet wrote:
7 > >
8 > > ..[snip]..
9 > >
10 > >
11 > >> Relevant snip from the manpage:
12 > >>
13 > >> depends <local-opts> pkgspec
14 > >> This command displays all dependencies matching
15 > >> pkgspec. <local-opts> is either or both of:
16 > >> -a, --all-packages search in all available packages
17 > >> (slow) -d, --direct search direct dependencies only (default)
18 > >> -D, --indirect search indirect dependencies (very
19 > >> slow) --depth=n Limit depth of indirect dependency tree to n
20 > >> levels. Setting --depth=0 is the same as not specifing --indirect.
21 > >>
22 > >> So "equery depends" expects a package name, not a file name. What
23 > >> exactly are you trying to do?
24 > >>
25 > >> --
26 > >> Marc Joliet
27 > >>
28 > >
29 > > Hello Marc,
30 > >
31 > > Right you are, I was using the wrong command.
32 > >
33 > > If I recall, last night I wanted to find which package _provides_ a
34 > > given file. Obviously the file in my sample,
35 > > i.e. /etc/init.d/samba, is from net-fs/samba but the general
36 > > question remains: How does one find the package from which a file
37 > > came?
38 > >
39 > > Regards,
40 > >
41 > > David
42 > >
43 >
44 > equery belongs <file name>
45 >
46 > That help?
47 >
48 > Dale
49
50 Indeed it does!
51
52 Thanks, Dale.
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