Re: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-31 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Daniel, on Friday, 2006-05-26 at 19:54:11, you wrote: http://www.rommel.stw.uni-erlangen.de/~fejf/pfs/ Oh, that's two streets away from here :) Looks like a project I'd want to participate in... cheers! Matthias -- I prefer encrypted and signed messages. KeyID: FAC37665

Re: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-26 Thread Daniel Vrcic
* Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] [06-05-22 16:46]: Hello. From time to time, I'm looking for a *not* installed package, which might provide a certain file. Say, I'd like to know, which packages could provide /etc/foo/bar, how would I do that? Are there any sites out there, which provide a

[gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hello. From time to time, I'm looking for a *not* installed package, which might provide a certain file. Say, I'd like to know, which packages could provide /etc/foo/bar, how would I do that? Are there any sites out there, which provide a database, which connect installed file to package? Sort

Re: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Hello, From time to time, I'm looking for a *not* installed package, which might provide a certain file. Say, I'd like to know, which packages could provide /etc/foo/bar, how would I do that? Are there any sites out there, which provide a database, which connect installed file to package?

Re: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 May 2006 08:40:01 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: From time to time, I'm looking for a *not* installed package, which might provide a certain file. Say, I'd like to know, which packages could provide /etc/foo/bar, how would I do that? Are there any sites out there, which provide a

Re: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Neil Bothwick wrote: AFAIK there's no database of Gentoo packages such as you ask for. Such a database would be inaccurate, because package contents are USE flag dependent, so anyone charitable enough to set one up would probably spend most of their time fielding questions about incorrect data

Re: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 May 2006 12:28:22 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: AFAIK there's no database of Gentoo packages such as you ask for. Such a database would be inaccurate, because package contents are USE flag dependent, so anyone charitable enough to set one up would probably spend most of their

Re: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 22 May 2006 12:28:22 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: AFAIK there's no database of Gentoo packages such as you ask for. Such a database would be inaccurate, because package contents are USE flag dependent, so anyone charitable enough to set one up would probably

[OT] Was: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Ryan Tandy
Alexander Skwar wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gnome-2.14.1 $ cat USE x86 GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE X acpi alsa amd apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid async avi bash-completion bdf berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bootsplash cairo caps cardbus ccache cdda cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cdrom

Re: [OT] Was: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Rasmus Andersen
On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 01:21:31PM -0700, Ryan Tandy wrote: Nothing to do with the original topic, BUT... I'd be very interested to know how a flag called GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE gets into one's USE ;) I'm assuming you didn't put it there yourself! Thats only used by netcat, iirc, and enables

Re: [OT] Was: [gentoo-user] Finding packages which provide a file

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Ryan Tandy wrote: I'd be very interested to know how a flag called GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE gets into one's USE ;) I'm assuming you didn't put it there yourself! Yes, I did put it there. It's a flag used by netcat. But I agree that it doesn't belong into the global USE flags, as it's just a