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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:41:27 -0700
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Generic "What installed this?"
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On 7/8/05, kashani <kashani-list@badapple.net> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Hi ho,
> >    What program do I run to determine what emerge operation installed
> > something on the system, in this specific case /etc/init.d/serial? I
> > guessed it would be equery but that didn't work.
> >
> > dragonfly ~ # equery b /etc/init.d/serial
> > [ Searching for file(s) /etc/init.d/serial in *... ]
> > dragonfly ~ #
> >
> >    qpkg didn't seem to go backward from a file name.
> >
> >    What other program can I run to discover that?
> >
> 
> qpkg seems to work okay for me.
> 
> laxlxns02 ~ # qpkg -f /etc/init.d/serial
> sys-apps/baselayout *
> 
> kashani

My bad. I misread the the qpkg --help info page.

Thanks!

- Mark

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