On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 01:43:41AM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote: > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:00, Lionel Elie Mamane <lio...@mamane.lu> wrote:
>> retitle 628463 --src and non-existing package name: error message >> wrong/confusing >> On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 09:13:26AM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >>> $ reportbug --source linux-2.6 >>> No package specified; stopping. >>> But I _did_ specify a source package, namely "linux-2.6". >> (...) I did an "apt-get update" and this fixed the >> problem. Which means that really the problem is that the error message >> is just plain wrong/confusing. It should says something like "no such >> source package linux-2.6". > could you confirm you don't have a 'deb-src' line in > /etc/apt/sources.list ? I have a deb-src line in /etc/apt/sources.list and the modification timestamp of the file says it has not changed since 12 May, i.e. before the initial bug report. I might have forgotten to run "apt-get update" after adding that line in the past, but I would find that unlikely; that line probably has been there for (much) longer than my last upgrade. Maybe it had failed to download for some reason at my last update. > if you don't have any deb-src, Sources lists are not there and > reportbug fails (ok, with a confusing msg, we'll see to fix it). I had retitled the bug in that direction: an "apt-get update" fixed my issue, so the only remaining issue is the confusing message. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
