The solution is to acquire the source package from a CD-ROM or from the web, and to place it within a build directory. I suggest a subdirectory within ~/user.
Good luck, Shaun Luke, INRI On 1/31/08, Bryan Donlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.10 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/bin/apt-get > > When using apt-get source on an installed binary package which has been > binary NMU'd, it fails like so: > > $ dpkg -l sudo > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii sudo 1.6.9p11-1+b1 Provide limited super user privileges to > spe > $ apt-get source sudo > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to find a source package for sudo > > -- Package-specific info: > > -- apt-config dump -- > > APT ""; > APT::Architecture "i386"; > APT::Build-Essential ""; > APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; > APT::Install-Recommends "1"; > APT::Install-Suggests "0"; > APT::Acquire ""; > APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; > APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; > APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; > APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > Dir "/"; > Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; > Dir::State::lists "lists/"; > Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; > Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; > Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; > Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; > Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; > Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; > Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; > Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; > Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; > Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; > Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; > Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; > Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; > Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; > Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; > Dir::Bin ""; > Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; > Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; > Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; > Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; > DPkg ""; > DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; > DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; > DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne > 10"; > DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; > DPkg::Tools ""; > DPkg::Tools::Options ""; > DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; > DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; > DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; > DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; > > -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- > > > -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- > > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free > deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-domU-linode4 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages apt depends on: > ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the > Debian a > ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared > libraries > ii libgcc1 1:4.3-20080116-1 GCC support library > ii libstdc++6 4.3-20080116-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library > v3 > > apt recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
