searching for files on cdrom

[Holger Mense <holger@gt-online.de>]

Hi...

I have a problem: sometimes I need some special files for a Linux
Installation (actually its msgfmt :) , but I don't know in which
.deb-package it is.

Does someone know how to search the whole cd-rom for a special file, or,
is their a possibility to list recursivly with "dpkg --contents" the
contents of all(!) .deb-files on the cd-rom?

I tried with "dpkg --contents `find -name *.deb`", but that doesn't work
correctly, because the result of "find -name *.deb" is given to "dpkg
--contents" when this processed is finished, but "dpkg --contents" only
allows one more parameter... :(

Any hints?

 CU, Holger

P.S.: Or can someone tell me, in which package "msgfmt" is? :)

-- 
Holger Mense