On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:24:45AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:54:41PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:49:57AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: > > > > dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ... > > > Search for a filename from installed packages. > > > > How is this unclear, exactly? > > It doesn't say, "Search for a filename THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN an > installed package." Why wouldn't the above include > programmatically-generated configuration files? They're "from" the > package.
They're not "from" any package -- they're created by programs that are themselves from packages. But how on Earth can you keep information as to programs that created files? It's a stupid and pointless exercise. Please see my other posts as to the explanations why. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in the arse." -- Morrissey. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
