On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 07:18:32PM +0200, Roland Kuhn wrote: > On 13 Sep 2005, at 18:49, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >On 9/13/05, Daniel Macks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 06:33:56PM +0200, Roland Kuhn wrote: > >>>On 13 Sep 2005, at 18:19, Robert Jacobson wrote: > >>>> > >>>>I'd like to check out the package "khexedit". I see it on the Fink > >>>>web page, but I don't seem to have an info file for it. > >>>> > > > >Other methods if you're offline include > > > >"fink dumpinfo -fparent <packagename>" --returns the parent package > >for a splitoff, and nothing for the parent package (or any other > >package that has no splifoffs) > > > >"fink dumpinfo -ffamily <packagename>? --returns all of the packages > >in the .info file for <packagename>. The first one in this list is the > >parent package, which should usually be what the .info file is named > >for. > > As you say -fparent implies that one knows already that the package > in question is not directly available (until it has been compiled, > that is). So what about "fink find <package>", which scans the > families and the children? I'd code it up if someone gave me a > pointer where I should add this code...
What's the real goal of the excercise here--I'm confused by your "directly available" comment. One doesn't need to know the parent in order to compile or install a package, nor does the parent even always need to be installed to install one of its children. But anyway, Alex is right: dumpinfo is the general way to find the internal details of a package ('fink dumpinfo -h' for help): -finfofile will tell you the .info filename and -ffamily always lists the parent first (whereas -fparent is blank if you ask about a parent package). dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users