Re: [O] why was makefile changed to produce this?

[Nick Dokos]

Olaf Meeuwissen <address@hidden> wrote:

> > Here is a useful command that you can use on Debian and Ubuntu systems
> > in situations like this:
> >
> > $ dpkg -S makeinfo
> > texinfo: /usr/bin/makeinfo
> > octave3.2-common: /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/help/__makeinfo__.m
> > emacs23-common: /usr/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.elc
> > texinfo: /usr/share/man/man1/makeinfo.1.gz
> 
> This only works for installed packages, though, as it searches the files
> below /var/lib/dpkg/info, IIRC.
> BTW, dpkg forwards that request to dpkg-query.
> 

Ah, you are right: it's only useful after the fact.

Nick

> > [...]
> >
> > $ goo
> > The program 'goo' is currently not installed.  To run 'goo' please ask your 
> > administrator to install the package 'goo'
> 
> In which case `apt-cache show goo` may be of help.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> -- 
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