Bug#904678: dpkg-reconfigure apt-file ought to give me sources contents

2018-12-26 Thread Niels Thykier
On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 06:37:00 + Niels Thykier wrote: > Ian Jackson: > > Niels Thykier writes ("Re: Bug#904678: dpkg-reconfigure apt-file ought to > > give me sources contents"): > >> [...] Hi Ian, I just updated apt-file/3.2 with the list-indices. >

Bug#904678: dpkg-reconfigure apt-file ought to give me sources contents

2018-07-26 Thread Niels Thykier
Ian Jackson: > Niels Thykier writes ("Re: Bug#904678: dpkg-reconfigure apt-file ought to > give me sources contents"): >> I can appreciate those suggestions from a user perspective. However, >> from a maintainer perspective, I do not want all the trouble and iss

Bug#904678: dpkg-reconfigure apt-file ought to give me sources contents

2018-07-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Niels Thykier writes ("Re: Bug#904678: dpkg-reconfigure apt-file ought to give me sources contents"): > I can appreciate those suggestions from a user perspective. However, > from a maintainer perspective, I do not want all the trouble and issues > of having to maintain ma

Bug#904678: dpkg-reconfigure apt-file ought to give me sources contents

2018-07-26 Thread Niels Thykier
Ian Jackson: > Package: apt-file > Version: 3.1.4 > Severity: wishlist > > Ansgar has just told me about Contents-sources.gz. Wow! But this has > apparently existed for years and I never knew. This bug report is > about the fact that it is rather harder to use than would be ideal. Thanks for r

Bug#904678: dpkg-reconfigure apt-file ought to give me sources contents

2018-07-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: apt-file Version: 3.1.4 Severity: wishlist Ansgar has just told me about Contents-sources.gz. Wow! But this has apparently existed for years and I never knew. This bug report is about the fact that it is rather harder to use than would be ideal. The README.md.gz says - The "-a" op