Functionality like "yum whatprovides" in MacPorts?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 26, 2010, at 10:19, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:

> bash-3.2# port provides /opt/local/bin/*uto*
> /opt/local/bin/autoconf is provided by: autoconf
> /opt/local/bin/autoconf213 is provided by: autoconf213
> /opt/local/bin/autoheader is provided by: autoconf
> /opt/local/bin/autoheader213 is provided by: autoconf213
> /opt/local/bin/autom4te is provided by: autoconf
> /opt/local/bin/automake is provided by: automake
> /opt/local/bin/automake-1.11 is provided by: automake
> /opt/local/bin/autopoint is provided by: gettext
> /opt/local/bin/autoreconf is provided by: autoconf
> /opt/local/bin/autoreconf213 is provided by: autoconf213
> /opt/local/bin/autoscan is provided by: autoconf
> /opt/local/bin/autoscan213 is provided by: autoconf213
> /opt/local/bin/autoupdate is provided by: autoconf
> /opt/local/bin/autoupdate213 is provided by: autoconf213
> /opt/local/bin/gnome-autogen.sh is provided by: gnome-common

Yes, but that only works if you have already installed the software. If you have not yet installed it, because you don't know what port it's in, "port provides" can't help you find it.