Contents file [was Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!]

1999-06-14 Thread Marc Mongeon
is between the available file (which does exist) and the Contents file. The former gave me the information I needed when I put it to the test, looking for software that produces thumbnail images, in response to another post on this list. Marc -- Marc Mongeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix Specialist Ban

Re: Contents file [was Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!]

1999-06-14 Thread Kirk Hogenson
Marc Mongeon wrote: But certainly this was intended to be an automated feature, right? Is it a flag that you give to dpkg, or the compiled default in some later version (I'm running 1.4.0.34, and have no Contents), or just the result of a bunch of Debian users deciding it was a Good Idea to

Re: Contents file [was Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!]

1999-06-14 Thread Ed Cogburn
of me, I can't remember how I got the Contents file either. However, I don't believe it ever was part of a debian package. The reason I say this is because I keep a backup of anything I use that didn't come from the distribution(s) on debian.org. I have a backup of Contents-i386 (its old enough now

Contents file [was Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!]

1999-06-12 Thread Eric Gillespie, Jr.
On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 10:08:04PM -0500, ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I kind of hate to jump into a string like this but at the risk of sounding real stupid how can one create this /var/lib/dpkg/Contents-i386.gz file. I've searched for it on my Slink system and it just isn't there. I took a

Re: Contents file?

1998-11-26 Thread shaul
I think that you are right. The Contents file should be included. Is the Contents file going to make a re-appearance in the next Debian release? If not, I would like to request that that be reconsidered. I am seeing more and more posts asking where some utility is located, but this could

Contents file?

1998-11-25 Thread Carl Johnson
Is the Contents file going to make a re-appearance in the next Debian release? If not, I would like to request that that be reconsidered. I am seeing more and more posts asking where some utility is located, but this could be easily answered if Debian had the Contents file to quickly look it up