On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 01:03:04PM +1000, Russell Stuart wrote: > On 1/4/24 10:18, gregor herrmann wrote: > > % dpkg -S $(which mv > coreutils: /usr/bin/mv > > On bookworm: > > $ dpkg -S $(which mv) > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/bin/mv > > This is caused by the /bin -> /usr/bin shift. > > The reason I'm replying is after one, probably two decades this still > annoys me: > > $ dpkg -S /etc/profile > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/profile > > It was put their by the Debian install, and I'm unlikely to change it. > Its fairly important security wise. It would be nice if "dpkg -S" told > me base-files.deb installed it. It would be nice if debsums told me if > it changed. There are lots of files like this, such as /etc/environment > and /etc/hosts. There are some directories like /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ > which should only have files claimed by some .deb. This is the reason I never expect dpkg -S to work and dpkg -L to be correct. The (probably) oldest registered bug report about this is #213907, from 2003. RPM has %ghost since before that, of course.
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