Re: 2 questions on dpkg and 1 for m68k, thanks

2000-12-15 Thread Mike Markley
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 05:53:24PM +0800, Zhao Wei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > Sometime a ``dpkg -S /usr/bin/f'' fails to print out the package > which owns it. Could you please tell me why this may happen? i.e. what > is the possible reason(s) for it? Thanks! Most likely /usr/bin/

Re: 2 questions on dpkg and 1 for m68k, thanks

2000-12-14 Thread Mike Markley
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 05:53:24PM +0800, Zhao Wei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > Sometime a ``dpkg -S /usr/bin/f'' fails to print out the package > which owns it. Could you please tell me why this may happen? i.e. what > is the possible reason(s) for it? Thanks! Most likely /usr/bin/

2 questions on dpkg and 1 for m68k, thanks

2000-12-14 Thread Zhao Wei
Hi, Sometime a ``dpkg -S /usr/bin/f'' fails to print out the package which owns it. Could you please tell me why this may happen? i.e. what is the possible reason(s) for it? Thanks! Another question is, ``dpkg -S /usr/bin/f'' is notably slower than ``grep /usr/bin/f /var/lib/dpkg/info

2 questions on dpkg and 1 for m68k, thanks

2000-12-14 Thread Zhao Wei
Hi, Sometime a ``dpkg -S /usr/bin/f'' fails to print out the package which owns it. Could you please tell me why this may happen? i.e. what is the possible reason(s) for it? Thanks! Another question is, ``dpkg -S /usr/bin/f'' is notably slower than ``grep /usr/bin/f /var/lib/dpkg/inf