I do this from cron every night:
#! /bin/bash
cd /usr/local/fromDebian
DEBIAN=ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists
wget -o LOG-unstable-contents $DEBIAN/unstable/Contents-i386.gz
mv Contents-i386.gz Contents.unstable.gz
Then I could do
zgrep gvim /usr/local/fromDebian/Contents.unstable.gz
or the like to answer the question "where does gvim come from?"
Will
Moore, Paul writes:
> Hi,
> One of the most common queries I have with the Debian packaging system,
> which I don't know how to make, is to search for the name of the package(s)
> which install a given file or files. For instance, the most recent such case
> I have was looking for the gvim executable. As it happens, this is provided
> by vim-gtk, but that isn't obvious.
>
> Clearly, on an installed file, I can use dpkg -S, but what about looking for
> where I install something from?
>
> If there isn't a simple tool to do this (or even if there is!) is there a
> more structured or navigable list of what packages do what in Debian (no,
> dselect doesn't qualify, IMHO)?
>
> Paul.
>
>
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