[svlug] Automated usenet posting?

[Erik Steffl]

  dpkg, I use it with -l, -L, -s and -S, they do (probably in the same
order):

  search for a package ('alsa*')
  list the files that given package installed
  status of the package (longer description than -l)
  search for a file (prints the name of the package that provides file)

	erik

kmself at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 07:27:51PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > kmself at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > > Alvin Olga suggested nntpsend.  This is packaged with nntp under Debian,
> > > which conflicts with leafnode.  Any way to get this freestanding?
> >
> > Sure, file a bug.
> >
> > You might look at the post-faq debian package first though.
> >
> > Description: Post periodic FAQs to Usenet newsgroups.
> >  The purpose of this package is to handle the posting of periodic
> >  informational postings to the USENET using cron.
> >  .
> >  For this it adds appropriate Message-ID, Expires, Supersedes, and
> >  References headers.
> 
> Bingo.
> 
> Dumb question -- is there a command-line interface to get package
> descriptions *other* than dselect and capt?  Though I'm finding capt
> considerably better than the former.
> 
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