SUMMARY: specific package information

From: Paquette, Trevor (TrevorPaquette@mcc.net)
Date: Wed Aug 05 1998 - 17:26:53 CDT


No answers on this one..
apparently there is no way to get specific package information.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paquette, Trevor [SMTP:TrevorPaquette@mcc.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 9:53 AM
> To: sun-managers@sunmanagers.ececs.uc.edu
> Subject: specific package information
>
> How does one get specific package information?
>
> Meaning, given a package, what exactly does it do? I know how to get
> the
> list of files contained in that package. (grep <packagename>
> /var/sadm/install/contents)
>
> But what I want is an actual functional description of that package.
> pkginfo -l <packagename> is not that useful for some packages.
> Does Sun have a site somewhere that gives this information?
>
> ex:
> What are the following really used for?
>
> SUNWeudba UTF-8 L10N for CDE Base
> SUNWeudbd UTF-8 L10N for CDE Dtbuilder
> SUNWeudda UTF-8 L10N For CDE Desktop Applications
> SUNWeudhr UTF-8 L10N For CDE Help Runtime
> SUNWeudhs UTF-8 L10N For CDE Help Runtime
> SUNWeudis UTF-8 L10N For CDE Icons
> SUNWeudiv UTF-8 L10N For Desktop Imagetool
> SUNWeudlg UTF-8 L10N For CDE Desktop Login
> SUNWeudmg UTF-8 L10N For Desktop Window Manager
>
> What is UFT-8 L10N??
> pkginfo -l SUNWeudmg gives:
> PKGINST: SUNWeudmg
> NAME: UTF-8 L10N For Desktop Window Manager
> CATEGORY: system
> ARCH: sparc
> VERSION: 1.2,REV=1.0.27
> BASEDIR: /usr
> VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> DESC: American English/UTF-8 L10N For Desktop Window Manager
> INSTDATE: Apr 22 1998 13:40
> HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
> STATUS: completely installed
> FILES: 6 installed pathnames
> 5 shared pathnames
> 4 directories
> 12 blocks used (approx)
>
>



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