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

[Rémi Vanicat]

Olaf Meeuwissen <address@hidden> writes:

> Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:
>

[...]


>> $ 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.
>

you might want to use apt-files

$ apt-file search makeinfo                                                     ~
emacs23-common: /usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.elc
emacs23-el: /usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.el.gz

[...]

if updated regularly apt-file's database will contain every files in
every package in debian.

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Rémi Vanicat