pkg_info question

[Casey Scott]

Thanks. Good idea. How about this, its a little easier.

#find ./ -name 'pkg-plist*' | xargs grep 'bin/convert'

Casey

> Casey Scott wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I meant I need to know what package a file belongs to that does
>> not
>> exist in the file system already. I need to know where to get something,
>> not where it came from.
>
> My CVSup script executes
>
>    find /usr/ports -name "pkg-plist*" > /path/to/somewhere
>
> after an update of the ports directory. Thus I can search a file with
>
>    cat /path/to/somewhere | xargs grep 'pattern'
>
> This method is quick and dirty and does not cover all ports because some
> of them have no pkg-plist file in their directory. Those ports use the
> PLIST_FILES variable in their Makefile instead or generate a plist file
> dynamically.
>
> Björn
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