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On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:44:40 +0000 Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Also, I found it amusing that apt was assumed to be my package > > manager! Unless you looked up my distro on the lug pages which > > might still say debian!? If that wasn't the case though thought it > > was interesting - suggests debian based distros are the most > > popular by a long way, or maybe I'm jumping the gun... > > > > Force of habbit for some ;-) apt is available on other distributions but I am a Debian Developer so I would naturally consider most issues from a Debian perspective. If other package managers don't have a function to search the package descriptions for particular words then that is their problem. It's easier allround to simply say "apt-cache search" than to wade through the permutations. After all, you still understood the idea behind the statement. :-) -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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