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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:43:53 +0400 |
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ivan ivanov <grobokopatel@××××.ru> wrote: |
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> Hello, list. I am interesting how to find the package that contains |
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> the file that i want to have in my system. |
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> Let's suppose that latex tells me: File upgreek.sty not found. To |
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> solve this i need to install dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra. But, if |
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> i do not know this, i have to search the appropriate package. On |
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> debian i can easily do this by visiting official database |
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> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . On archlinux i can use |
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> "pkgfile upgreek.sty" that searches through NOT INSTALLED packages. |
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> I found site http://www.portagefilelist.de/ that does this job for |
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> gentoo. But, as i suppose, it is third party project. |
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> I cannot believe that such great project as gentoo does not have |
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> OFFICIAL database, that allows to search package by the file name. |
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> So, the question is: how to find the name of NOT installed package |
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> that provides needed file? |
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First of all: |
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DO NOT HIJACK THREADS. |
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You replied to an existing thread, changed the subject line, deleted |
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the content and type your question. This is a big nono and is |
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considered exceptionally rude (it makes everyone else's mail client do |
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strange things with displaying threads). To start a new thread, compose |
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an entirely new mail and address it to gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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To answer your question, what you want cannot be reliably done. This is |
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because of how Gentoo works. |
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In Debian for example, someone else builds the packages, they know |
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exactly what files will be installed ahead of time, and can put them in |
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a database for you to query. |
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Gentoo does not work like that. You build the packages, you specify the |
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USE flags and different flags can easily cause very different lists of |
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files to be installed. So the only person that can know exactly what |
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files you will install is you, there cannot ever be a 100% correct |
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database of this. Trust me, this has considered many times, you are not |
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the first. |
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http://www.portagefilelist.de/ is your best bet, it doesn't get better |
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than that. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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