John Kelly wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:03:12 -0500, Randy McMurchy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I find it very useful to know how every file on the system was >> installed, and which package installed it. > > Why? >
I can't speak for Randy, but I've found it helpful many times when doing support (not lfs-support, though). Someone will be wondering how to do something, I'll say "well you can just run $random_executable", and they'll say "I don't have it; where did you get it from?". At that point, it's much easier to ask whatever package management scheme I have, than it is to remember everything. (Some executables are easy -- python, for instance -- but not all are.)
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