On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 02:16:10 +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote:

> The other thing that I would quite like to see is some way
> to identify the package that generated the update file. Maybe
> encoded into the '._cfg..' filename, or logged in a file somewhere.
> Sometimes it is not obvious where to look if more information is
> needed to decide if an update is necessary.. Or is this information
> available somewhere and I just havn't found it???

qpkg and equery are both able to tell you which package provided a file.
Use the name without the ._cfg part as that was added by emerge.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Evolution stops when stupidity is no longer fatal!

Attachment: pgpnexd8Qxski.pgp
Description: PGP signature

Reply via email to