Don MacQueen writes:
 > I installed some binaries, received from someone else, that
 > expect a certain dylib to be in /sw/lib. Naturally, I've asked
 > the individual what fink package it comes from.
 > 
 > But, it occurs to me that it might be possible to somehow
 > search the fink website to find out which package I have to
 > install in order to get the missing dylib. Is this possible?

I'd like to know the answer to this too -- one thing i found
really nice with RPM was the combination of 'rpm -qf' and the
rpmfind search engine to track down where files belonged, and
which packages provided them.

 > (The dylib in question is libpcre.0.dylib)

That almost certainly belongs to 'pcre', or "Perl Compatible
Regular Expressions Library".


Viktor


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