Package: aptitude
Version: 0.5.2.1-1
Severity: normal

Hi,
        aptitude 0.5.2.1 tells me:
"E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list"
        Which I think means "put some deb-src lines in the sources.list".
        I don't want to install anything from source (as far as I know), so why 
should I put a deb-src line in sources.list?  Why is aptitude unhappy?

Thanks!
        C.


--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.29

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  990 testing         security.debian.org 
  990 testing         ftp.egr.msu.edu 
  990 lenny           linux.dell.com 
  990 hardy           linux.dell.com 
  990 cross-distro    linux.dell.com 
  980 testing         mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca 
   50 unstable        http.us.debian.org 
   50 unstable        ftp.egr.msu.edu 
   40 experimental    http.us.debian.org 
   30 jaunty          us.archive.ubuntu.com 
   25 unstable        mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                                (Version) | Installed
================================================-+-====================
apt-xapian-index                                 | 0.19
libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.7                         | 
libc6                              (>= 2.3.6-6~) | 2.9-4
libcwidget3                                      | 0.5.12-4
libept0                           (>= 0.5.26+b1) | 0.5.26+b1
libgcc1                             (>= 1:4.1.1) | 1:4.3.3-3
liblog4cxx10                                     | 0.10.0-1
libncursesw5                 (>= 5.6+20071006-3) | 5.7+20090404-1
libsigc++-2.0-0c2a                    (>= 2.0.2) | 2.0.18-2
libstdc++6                            (>= 4.2.1) | 4.3.3-3
libxapian15                                      | 1.0.10-2
zlib1g                              (>= 1:1.1.4) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13


Recommends                         (Version) | Installed
============================================-+-===========
aptitude-doc-en                              | 
 OR aptitude-doc                             | 
libparse-debianchangelog-perl                | 


Suggests      (Version) | Installed
=======================-+-===========
tasksel                 | 2.48
debtags                 | 



--- Output from package bug script ---
aptitude 0.5.2.1 compiled at Apr 27 2009 05:01:33
Compiler: g++ 4.3.3
Compiled against:
  apt version 4.6.0
  NCurses version 5.7
  libsigc++ version: 2.0.18
  Ept support enabled.

Current library versions:
  NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20090404
  cwidget version: 0.5.12
  Apt version: 4.6.0
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb7f8b000)
        libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7 
(0xb7eb6000)
        libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0xb7e78000)
        liblog4cxx.so.10 => /usr/lib/liblog4cxx.so.10 (0xb7ccf000)
        libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0xb7cc9000)
        libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0xb7c05000)
        libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0xb7b89000)
        libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0xb7a31000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7a1c000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7a03000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7915000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb78ef000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb78e1000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7780000)
        libutil.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb777c000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7778000)
        libaprutil-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0 (0xb7758000)
        libapr-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libapr-1.so.0 (0xb772b000)
        libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb7727000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb771e000)
        libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb76ec000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f8c000)
        libdb-4.7.so => /usr/lib/libdb-4.7.so (0xb7594000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb756d000)
Terminal: xterm
:0.0 is set.
/usr/bin/aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:

aptitude linkage:



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