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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:00:06 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> How can a user tell which package an uninstalled tool is in? |
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Asking here is one way. |
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> For example. I want to make an xfs file system. It turn out I have |
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> no mkfs.xfs. |
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> I find these in my portage tree: sys-fs/xfsdump and xfsprogs. |
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It's the latter. |
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> Neither sound like they would contain mkfs.xfs. But if they do, how |
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> can I determine that? I see no list of files or the like in their |
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> prospective directories and no commandline flags for esearch that look |
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> like they do that either. |
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Because the files installed by a package depend on the USE flags and |
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platform, it is not possible to produce a definitive list of what each |
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package installs, unlike with a binary distro. |
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You can search http://packages.debian.org or http://rpmfind.net to see |
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which package includes the file on other distros . That should give you a |
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good idea of where to look. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.", |
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