Re: [SLE] Finding files on the SuSE ftp site

From: Carlos E. R. (robin1.listas_at_tiscali.es)
Date: 12/24/03

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    The Monday 2003-12-22 at 14:23 -0500, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:

    > Assuming I'm already at the right subdirectory at the SuSE ftp site, how can I
    > find the package containing a specific file (an executable program or a
    > library, say)? It's easy enough to do this for an installed system using
    > Yast's search facility, but I don't see any obvious way to extend that to a
    > directory on the ftp site. Much of the time I can guess the right package
    > name, but all too often I can't.

    Search for a file named "ARCHIVES.gz" on the ftp server. The DVD has it,
    so I assume the ftp server has it as well on the root of each distro
    directory tree. It contains the full list of files on the dvds.

    Mmm, I have just discovered, looking for this info, a bug in the "pin"
    program: I have two such archives on disk, one for suse 8.1, the other for
    8.2. 

    -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson
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