Behold, Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@xxxxxxxxx> hath decreed:
>
> Apt understands about individual files but doesn't "publish" that
> information, except for packages explicitly doing "Provides: /some/path"
> However if you know the path for any given file you can tell apt to
> install that and it just works:
>
> [root@chip pmatilai]# apt-get install /etc/php.ini
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Selecting php for '/etc/php.ini'
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> php (4.3.6-5)
> php-pear (4.3.6-5)
>
Is there any end to the wonder that is apt? :)
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