search file list of packages

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

> I have so far not found a smart command to show me
> which files are available in what packages.
> 
> For example, 
>     rpm -ql bash
>     dpkg -L bash
> each provide a list of all files installed by the
> "bash" package.  
> Can smart do this?

Yes: smart info --paths bash

> Unfortunately this only works for installed packages.  To actually
> find out which available packages contain a particular file you have
> to search on 'packages.debian.org' for debian.

That works for remotes as well, but it depends on the information being
availble in the repository in a way that can be assigned to packages
somehow.

If you want to search for files, doing "smart search /bin/sh" will work.

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Gustavo Niemeyer
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