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Re: lookup which file can be found in which package
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Soren Stoutner |
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Re: lookup which file can be found in which package |
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Sat, 03 Jun 2023 14:04:33 -0700 |
Edouard,
On Saturday, June 3, 2023 11:13:25 AM MST you wrote:
> Of course most packages are nicely coded, and grep usually find the
> answer. Nevertheless, the only way to solve this for all packages would
> be to install all packages and grep the store... i.e. run all programs
> to completion and look at the output.
Debian solves this problem by doing exactly that, and then making the output
searchable
as a web service:
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages[1]
In my opinion, this would be a really nice addition to
https://packages.guix.gnu.org/[2].
--
Soren Stoutner
soren@stoutner.com
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[1] https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
[2] https://packages.guix.gnu.org/
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