grep-dctrl 2.9.3build1 (sparc binary) in ubuntu feisty
The grep-dctrl program is provided by the dctrl-tools package. This
package is available to ease the transition. You can safely remove
this package when no other package depends on it.
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The grep-dctrl program can answer such questions as
* "What is the Debian package foo?"
* "Which version of the Debian package bar is now current?"
* "Which Debian packages does John Doe maintain?"
* "Which Debian packages are somehow related to the Scheme
programming language?"
and with some help
* "Who maintain the essential packages of a Debian system?"
given a useful input file.
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It is a specialised grep program that is meant for processing any
file which has the general format of a Debian package control file.
These include the dpkg available file, the dpkg status file, and the
Packages files on a distribution medium (such as a Debian CD-ROM or
an FTP site carrying Debian).
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The specializations grep-status, grep-available and grep-aptavail,
which take their input by default from the dpkg status file, the dpkg
available file (updated by dselect update, but see below) and the apt
available database (updated by apt-get update), respectively. The
grep-available specialization is useful mainly to users of dselect or
apt, while grep-aptavail only works if apt is installed.
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A script, sync-available, which syncs the dpkg available file to the
apt available database without requiring dselect, is provided.
Details
- Package version:
- 2.9.3build1
- Status:
- Obsolete
- Component:
- main
- Priority:
- Optional
Downloadable files
- grep-dctrl_2.9.3build1_all.deb (deleted)
Package relationships
- Depends on: