Vice versa of 'pkg_info -W'

[Freddie Cash]

That tells you which installed port owns /usr/local/bin/foo.

It doesn't tell you which NOT-installed port would install
/usr/local/bin/foo, which is what the OP is wanting.


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Daniel Eischen <deischen at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jan 2013, Lars Engels wrote:
>
>  Am 02.01.2013 18:55, schrieb rank1seeker at gmail.com:
>>
>>> For example:
>>> # pkg_info -W /usr/local/bin/lynx
>>> /usr/local/bin/lynx was installed by package lynx-2.8.7.2,1
>>>
>>> # pkg_deinstall lynx-2.8.7.2,1
>>>
>>> # pkg_info -W /usr/local/bin/lynx
>>> pkg_info: /usr/local/bin/lynx: file cannot be found
>>>
>>>
>>> As you can figure it out, I want a reverse method, that is ...
>>> If I want to have '/usr/local/bin/lynx' installed, which port
>>> origin(s), would install it?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I use porgle for that:
>>
>> http://www.secnetix.de/tools/**porgle/porgle.py<http://www.secnetix.de/tools/porgle/porgle.py>
>>
>
> For non-pkgng, what's wrong with pkgdb and pkg_which (portupgrade)?
>
>   # pkgdb -o `pkg_which /usr/local/bin/foo`
>
> And for pkgng:
>
>   # pkg which -o /usr/local/bin/foo
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
> --
> DE
> ______________________________**_________________
> freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**hackers<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@**
> freebsd.org <freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe at freebsd.org>"
>



-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwcash at gmail.com