Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On my systems, wnpp-alert lists packages that I don't have installed. >> For example: >> >> # wnpp-alert >> ... >> O 279824 perlftlib -- Perl module for the FreeType library >> ... >> # dpkg -l \*perlftlib\* >> No packages found matching *perlftlib*. > > perlftlib is a source package, producing the binary packages fttools and > libft-perl. I guess you have one of these two installed.
Thanks, I suspected something like that. Wouldn't it make more sense for wnpp-alert to list the binary packages that are installed? What's the command to find out which binary packages a source package produces? Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
