GNU bug report logs - #30130
Add ‘guix whereis’ command

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:17:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Add ‘guix whereis’ command
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:16:11 +0100

Hello,

I would find really useful if Guix was providing a tool similar to what
‘dnf whatprovides’ or ‘apt-file’ does.  I mean something to check what
packages provides a particular file (executable/manual/library).

My main use-case is when running a ‘configure’ script which checks an
arbitrary program, I would like ‘guix whereis’ to help me find out what
package I need to install to satisfy its configuration requirement.

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin
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