On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 07:43:41PM +0300, Petri Koistinen wrote: > $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/java > dpkg: /usr/bin/java not found. > $ ls -l /usr/bin/java > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jun 4 20:12 /usr/bin/java -> > /etc/alternatives/java > $ ls -l /etc/alternatives/java > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jun 8 02:11 > /etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java > $ ls -l /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java > -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20820 Nov 1 2002 > /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java > $ dpkg -S /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java > j2re1.4: /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java > > Should dpkg follow symbolic links if match is not found?
I would say no, though it could be convenient to have the option to do so when it is explicitly requested. -- - mdz
