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David Relson wrote: |
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> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:52:03 +0100 |
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> Marc Joliet wrote: |
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> ..[snip].. |
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>> Relevant snip from the manpage: |
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>> depends <local-opts> pkgspec |
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>> This command displays all dependencies matching pkgspec. |
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>> <local-opts> is either or both of: |
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>> -a, --all-packages search in all available packages |
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>> (slow) -d, --direct search direct dependencies only (default) |
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>> -D, --indirect search indirect dependencies (very slow) |
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>> --depth=n Limit depth of indirect dependency tree to n |
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>> levels. Setting --depth=0 is the same as not specifing --indirect. |
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>> So "equery depends" expects a package name, not a file name. What |
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>> exactly are you trying to do? |
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>> -- |
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>> Marc Joliet |
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> Hello Marc, |
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> Right you are, I was using the wrong command. |
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> If I recall, last night I wanted to find which package _provides_ a |
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> given file. Obviously the file in my sample, i.e. /etc/init.d/samba, |
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> is from net-fs/samba but the general question remains: How does one |
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> find the package from which a file came? |
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> Regards, |
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> David |
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equery belongs <file name> |
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That help? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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