Hello,
* Mark Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> question 1:
> does anyone know how to go about finding what package a file belongs to
> when the package is not currently installed? i remember seeing a method
> to do this a little while back, i think it involved downloading and
> zgrepping a file called Packages.gz or something, but i can't seem to find
> the file anymore.
The file you need to grep is Contents-<architecture>.gz that can
be found on each Debain mirror in the distributions directory
(something like /pub/debian/dists/unstable).
Bye
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DEFRESNE Sylvain
