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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:48:40 -0400
From:      Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: library-port matching tool?
Message-ID:  <20001010214840.A6764@blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <14819.46272.982612.387928@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 07:30:56PM -0500
References:  <127489075@toto.iv> <14819.46272.982612.387928@guru.mired.org>

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On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 07:30:56PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> If you're installing FreeBSD packages, they should notice the
> dependency and install the package for you. If they're not doing that,
> notify the maintainer of the port from which the package is built.

Oh, I don't have this problem with ports.  I have this problem with
random crap I pull down off the Net.  Ports don't give me anything
resembling a problem.  :)

> > Do we have a generalized method of looking up a library to find out
> > what port it's in?
> Yes, but it sucks:
> 	find /usr/ports -name PLIST | xargs grep <library>

Hmmm... does that work if the port isn't installed?


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