From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 6 01:37:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FE17106564A for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 01:37:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: from syn.atarininja.org (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF218FC15 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 01:37:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: by syn.atarininja.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 86A6B5C2D; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:19:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:19:45 -0400 From: Wesley Shields To: Alberto Villa Message-ID: <20090406011945.GA46113@atarininja.org> References: <20090405200614.GB5095@titania.njm.me.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: How to find out which ports contains a specified command. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:37:30 -0000 On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 01:45:43AM +0200, Alberto Villa wrote: > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:06 PM, N.J. Mann wrote: > > adduser: /usr/sbin/adduser /usr/share/man/en.ISO8859-15/man8/adduser.8 /usr/src/usr.sbin/adduser > > > > So, it is part of the base system. ?This can be confirmed by searching > > the on-line manual, i.e. > > anyway, if you're looking for other programs, i can't remember if > there is any special way... i think i'd try something like: > cd /usr/ports && grep -i "bin/$yourcommand" -f */*/pkg-plist This makes two assumptions which are not always true: - It assumes $yourcommand lives in ${PREFIX}/bin. - It searches only pkg-plist. Not all ports install into ${PREFIX}/bin and not all ports use pkg-plist. If you want a more accurate search you're better off searching Makefile for the information in PLIST_FILES along with pkg-plist. It is worth noting that even this is not fool-proof since some ports use dynamic plist generation so the information is never in pkg-plist except for when the plist is built. IMO this is a short-coming with ports, and only getting more and more noticeable as we expand the number of ports. I have some ideas on how to address this if someone wants to ping me about it off list. -- WXS