Torsten Werner <twer...@debian.org> writes:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.7.25.3
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> $ apt-get source -s automake
> NOTE: This is only a simulation!
> apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
> Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
> so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Picking 'automake1.11' as source package instead of 'automake'
> Need to get 1074kB of source archives.
> Fetch source automake1.11
>
> Why that? I want automake, not automake1.11.
>
> Cheers and thanks for your work,
> Torsten
Because the source for the automake binary package is automake1.11:
Package: automake
Architecture: all
Version: 1:1.11.1-1
Filename: pool/main/a/automake1.11/automake_1.11.1-1_all.deb
Source: automake1.11
Note the difference between
apt-cache show automake
and
apt-cache showsrc automake
"apt-get source" fetches the source for the given BINARY package unless
that does not exists or --only-source is given.
So did you actually want to do the following?
apt-get --only-source source automake
MfG
Goswin
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