On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:35:35PM -0800, Mark Bigler wrote: > Jacob Meuser wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:03:52PM -0800, Mark Bigler wrote: > > > In Debian, man pages are part of the packages they go with. So, if > > > you don't have the bug reporting tools installed, that might not > > > work. > > > > Oh yes, of course. In OpenBSD, bug reporting tools, and their > > manpages, are part of the base system. > > You must be in a flaming mood, but I'll pass. > > But, I will say, when there may be a variety of tools available to do a > given job, it's likely the one best suited to your needs may not have > been installed by default. So, if you want to know what packages might > be useful to the task at hand, you're best off using a search tool that > looks at the entire package base rather than one that just looks at > what you have installed (e.g. "apt-cache search" vs. "man -k").
Sure, but I do 'man -k <whatever>' first, because if it's installed, then I don't care about installing it. There may also be pointers from the output of 'man -k' ... from default "this is part of so-and-so OS" stuff. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
