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pkg_info -W == rpm -qf

Aye. So, let us say you want to know what package a file comes from.

On FreeBSD:

0-17:16 djh@web3 ~> find /var/db/pkg -name +CONTENTS | xargs grep -l pdftex
/var/db/pkg/teTeX-1.0.7_1/+CONTENTS

Ugly, eh? Which, I think the portinstall stuff has a pkgwhich command.

Update: On FreeBSD, one may use:
pkg_info -W `which pdftex`

Linux?

[root@novadb0 pdftex-1.30.5]# rpm -qf /usr/bin/pdftex
tetex-2.0.2-22.EL4.4

Schweet!

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