Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf.meeuwis...@avasys.jp> writes: > Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes: >
[...] >> $ dpkg -S makeinfo >> texinfo: /usr/bin/makeinfo >> octave3.2-common: /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/help/__makeinfo__.m >> emacs23-common: /usr/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.elc >> texinfo: /usr/share/man/man1/makeinfo.1.gz > > This only works for installed packages, though, as it searches the files > below /var/lib/dpkg/info, IIRC. > BTW, dpkg forwards that request to dpkg-query. > you might want to use apt-files $ apt-file search makeinfo ~ emacs23-common: /usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.elc emacs23-el: /usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.el.gz [...] if updated regularly apt-file's database will contain every files in every package in debian. -- Rémi Vanicat
