Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:13:38 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Sean <sean@gothic.net.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: Gentoo Solution to Nanny Terminal Problem Message-ID: <4FF5AF22.9000908@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <38FB993D-6EB4-49BF-9790-420F7375E331@gothic.net.au> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <CAC8HS2Hx%2BqV1zYSzyM6wYzbyA6BStd3HEwc-VDhv40DHM=qCvw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5ikPz_yDhEQutiXVG354qRHYJTn-M_S4Cx-=YRgFP7eQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120704185104.GA42355@DataIX.net> <4FF4B36A.2040608@FreeBSD.org> <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <9fab855109ce448d89081b2ad8e5adc8@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu> <4FF58257.4040301@gentoo.org> <38FB993D-6EB4-49BF-9790-420F7375E331@gothic.net.au>
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On 05/07/2012 15:58, Sean wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>
>
> 0:55 Fri 06-Jul sean@queen [~] pkg_info -W bash
> /usr/local/bin/bash was installed by package bash-4.2.28
>
> 0:57 Fri 06-Jul sean@queen [~] pkg_info -W /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> /usr/local/sbin/sendmail was installed by package postfix-2.9.3,1
Not the same thing. Richard's command doesn't need the packages to be
installed first. It's answering "what package should I install to get
this program?" rather than "what package did this program come from?"
Cheers,
Matthew
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