Functionality like "yum whatprovides" in MacPorts?

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Jul 26, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> 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.

The original poster had this "Does MacPorts retain some function that  
tracks installed files" as part of the question and "port provides" is  
useful here.

// Brad
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