On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 05:02:56PM +0200, Fabrice Aeschbacher wrote: > "dpkg -S" or "apt-file" give me an incorrect or no answer, most of the > times. > > Whereas this url always returns a correct answer: > https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents Have you tried either of two examples you quoted? > Le 01/04/2024 à 09:58, Andrey Rakhmatullin a écrit : > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 01:03:04PM +1000, Russell Stuart wrote: > > > On 1/4/24 10:18, gregor herrmann wrote: > > > > % dpkg -S $(which mv > coreutils: /usr/bin/mv > > > On bookworm: > > > > > > $ dpkg -S $(which mv) > > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/bin/mv > > > > > > This is caused by the /bin -> /usr/bin shift. > > > > > > The reason I'm replying is after one, probably two decades this still > > > annoys me: > > > > > > $ dpkg -S /etc/profile > > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/profile > > > > > > It was put their by the Debian install, and I'm unlikely to change it. > > > Its fairly important security wise. It would be nice if "dpkg -S" told > > > me base-files.deb installed it. It would be nice if debsums told me if > > > it changed. There are lots of files like this, such as /etc/environment > > > and /etc/hosts. There are some directories like /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ > > > which should only have files claimed by some .deb. > > This is the reason I never expect dpkg -S to work and dpkg -L to be > > correct. The (probably) oldest registered bug report about this is > > #213907, from 2003. > > RPM has %ghost since before that, of course. > > > > -- WBR, wRAR
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