how to find which package contains file?

Mike Meyer mwm-dated-1050850675.79c9a0 at mired.org
Tue Apr 15 07:57:57 PDT 2003


In <1050369791.69920.44.camel at shumai.marcuscom.com>, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com> typed:
> Note, simply installing libiconv won't fix your issue as the app in
> question wants libiconv.so.1.  In that case, it's best to also update
> the app that depends on the old version of the library.  Checkout
> sysutils/portupgrade for a suite of tools that will help you manage your
> ports and packages.

You might also look at sysutils/libchk for a tool to help you find
other things that need rebuilding because of missing libraries.

	<mike
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