On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:03:52PM -0400, Carl Schaefer wrote: > 2. Some files in /usr/bin had no package that pkgfile could find. Most > were from AUR, but there was also this: > > $ pkgfile /usr/bin/init.lxc > $ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/init.lxc > /usr/bin/init.lxc is owned by lxc 1:1.0.3-1 > > It seems the 'lxc' package installs 'init.lxc' into /usr/sbin, which > symlinks to /usr/bin. Not knowing anything about how these tools work, > I'm more surprised that 'pacman -Qo' figured this out, than I am that > 'pkgfile' didn't. > It seems a packaging bug; I think that `configure' needs: --sbindir=/use/bin You should open a bug report. pkgfile reads the repo database so it cannot find /usr/bin/init.lxc; it's installed as /usr/sbin/init.lxc pacman (see pacman(8)): QUERY OPTIONS -o, --owns <file> Search for packages that own the specified file(s). The path can be relative or absolute and one or more files can be specified. So it it looks like every path/link is resolved before the search.
