Gentoo Solution to Nanny Terminal Problem

[Chris Rees]

On Jul 5, 2012 4:00 PM, "Sean" <sean at gothic.net.au> wrote:
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> On 05/07/2012, at 10:02 PM, Richard Yao wrote:
> >
> > The second is the e-file command, which will query that database for
> > whatever follows it. For example, if I want to find out which package
> > installs repoman, I can do `e-file repoman`. I can also do `e-file
> > /usr/bin/repoman`.
> >
> > if FreeBSD had an equivalent to this command, this command, then I
> > imagine that calls for Ubuntu/Fedora features should cease. Gentoo users
> > seem to be happy with e-file.
> >
>
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> 0:55 Fri 06-Jul sean at queen [~] pkg_info -W bash
> /usr/local/bin/bash was installed by package bash-4.2.28
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> 0:57 Fri 06-Jul sean at queen [~] pkg_info -W /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> /usr/local/sbin/sendmail was installed by package postfix-2.9.3,1

This isn't the same at all; it only reports for installed packages.

Chris