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Re: uudecode?



On Sun, 5 May 1996 Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca wrote:

> 
>   Dale> If you do a:
>   Dale> 
>   Dale> grep uudecode /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list
> 
> 1. That is equivalent to the simpler command 
> 	dpkg --search uudecode
>   
> 2. Both work if and only if the user has the matching package installed. 
>    Grepping the Contents.gz file searches among all packages available, 
>    whether or not they are installed.
> 
What do you do if you don't have contents.gz?

Later,

Dwarf

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