"port provides" actually does some extra work to normalize paths before querying; I believe René is looking for the underlying database, and possibly its constraints (e.g. whether it includes inactives --- which I don't think it does).
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Ken Cunningham < ken.cunningham.web...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rene, do you mean > > port provides /path/to/file > > or something fancier? > > Ken > > > > > On Oct 28, 2016, at 11:41 AM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvber...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I think the registry keeps track of all installed files, whether they > belong to active or inactive ports, right? > > If so, is there a way to query the registry with a filename pattern, to > obtain the full paths of known matching filesand the port(s) which provide > them? > > > > Thanks, > > René > > _______________________________________________ > > macports-dev mailing list > > macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org > > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev > > _______________________________________________ > macports-dev mailing list > macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev > -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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