Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sun, 27 Oct 1996 22:39:26 +0000 (GMT) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: OFF TOPIC [was]Re: Linux needs control.exe |
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On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Eric Youngdale wrote: > Actually, this is something that RPM helps a lot with. You > can query the database with a command to find out what package it comes > from. For example: > > bash$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/wc > textutils-1.19-2 > > While this may not tell you everything about why a file is present on the > system, it can narrow it down an incredible amount. > > -Eric > If you stick an i in that, you get this:
# rpm -qif /usr/bin/wc Name : textutils Distribution: Red Hat Linux Rembrandt Version : 1.19 Vendor: Red Hat Software Release : 2 Build Date: Fri Aug 09 23:49:22 1996 Install date: Thu Oct 17 15:02:24 1996 Build Host: porky.redhat.com Group : Utilities/Text Source RPM: textutils-1.19-2.src.rpm Size : 795496 Summary : GNU Text Utilities Description : These are the GNU text file (actually, file contents) processing utilities. They include programs to split, join, compare, and modify files.
Now I think that that tells all to most people .... (Tho it's a bit odd, as I never installed the Rembrandt (3.0.4) release, just went from 3.0.3 to Colgate (4.0) ...)
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