<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>If you don't have the file installed on your system, then MacPorts has no way of knowing what port provides it.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In terms of dependency resolution, various ports say "I depend on library foo", and it finds the port for it because that port is explicitly declared in the dependency.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But in the general case, MacPorts really has no idea what ports provide what files until you install the ports.</DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 29, 2006, at 6:11 AM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">How does one find a port containing a file, e.g. mkisofs?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Generally,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">which listing/installation mechanisms, similar to dpkg, are available?</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>-- </DIV><DIV>Kevin Ballard</DIV><DIV><A href="http://kevin.sb.org">http://kevin.sb.org</A></DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:eridius@macports.org">eridius@macports.org</A></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.tildesoft.com">http://www.tildesoft.com</A></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>