On 07/13/18 11:16, Samuel Sieb wrote: > # dnf provides xeyes > xorg-x11-apps-7.7-20.fc28.x86_64 : X.Org X11 applications > Repo : fedora > Matched from: > Provide : xeyes = 1.1.1 > > You want to know why "search" won't find it? This is why: > > # dnf info xorg-x11-apps > Available Packages > Name : xorg-x11-apps > Version : 7.7 > Release : 20.fc28 > Arch : x86_64 > Size : 330 k > Source : xorg-x11-apps-7.7-20.fc28.src.rpm > Repo : fedora > Summary : X.Org X11 applications > URL : https://www.x.org > License : MIT > Description : A collection of common X Window System applications. > > The package isn't about xeyes, so that "word" isn't anywhere in the provided > info. > However, for spyder:
IMO, an even better way to demonstrate what "search" does is to issue the command.... dnf search "x window" I think this demonstrates *where* search looks for the keywords. It is more than just the package name but as the man page states... Search package metadata for the keywords. Keywords are matched as case-insensitive substrings, globbing is supported. By *default* the command will *only* look at package names and summaries, failing that (or whenever all was given as an argument) it will match against package *descriptions* and *URLs*. The result is sorted from the most relevant results to the least. It, as you've already pointed out, doesn't look for filenames contained within the rpm. -- Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't a fact.
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