In my newly upgraded (from slink) potato distribution, here are executables that fail the 'dpkg -S <executable>' test.
Real orphans: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 68816 Mar 20 03:01 /usr/bin/X11/gxditview -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 210728 May 3 10:07 /sbin/ldconfig -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56556 Feb 12 1999 /usr/bin/ftp Probably not real orphans: -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 17356 May 6 05:42 /usr/bin/[ -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 17356 May 6 05:42 /usr/bin/test shellutils: /usr/bin/test -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 535084 Apr 30 09:14 /usr/bin/perl-5.005 -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 535084 Apr 30 09:14 /usr/bin/perl5.005 -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 535084 Apr 30 09:14 /usr/bin/perl5.00503 perl-5.005-base: /usr/bin/perl5.005 perl-5.005-base: /usr/bin/perl5.00503 Cheers, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]