Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Guy Maor wrote:
> > I'm suggesting that dpkg-scanpackages scan the dscs and put the
> > section and version in the Source field, or perhaps add a new field
> > Dsc which is simply the full path to the dsc, akin to the Filename
> > field. Then downloading th
Guy Maor wrote:
> I'm suggesting that dpkg-scanpackages scan the dscs and put the
> section and version in the Source field, or perhaps add a new field
> Dsc which is simply the full path to the dsc, akin to the Filename
> field. Then downloading the source for a package is simple. The web
> page
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(James A. Treacy) writes:
> Guy Maor wrote:
> First, due to NMU uploads to other architectures, the source version
> may not match the version: in the package you are looking for.
> This means you need to search the archive for the name of the .dsc
> file. There are about 75 ve
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (James A. Treacy) writes:
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(James A. Treacy) writes:
> >
> > > Should apt have to download the dsc file for a package before it
> > > knows what the source files are?
> >
> > Why on earth not?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(James A. Treacy) writes:
> It is clearly much more efficient if the .dsc files don't have to be
> retrieved. This is simply a matter of policy though.
I guess you're talking about different things. Of course that
package's dsc needs to be downloaded, but Jay fears that all t
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(James A. Treacy) writes:
>
> > Should apt have to download the dsc file for a package before it
> > knows what the source files are?
>
> Why on earth not? If it's going to download the source, the .dsc file
> is part of the source and has to be downloaded anyway.
>
It is
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(James A. Treacy) writes:
> Should apt have to download the dsc file for a package before it
> knows what the source files are?
Why on earth not? If it's going to download the source, the .dsc file
is part of the source and has to be downloaded anyway.
> > > If there are pla
Guy Maor wrote:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (James A. Treacy) writes:
>
> > First, due to NMU uploads to other architectures, the source version
> > may not match the version: in the package you are looking for.
>
> This could be corrected with dpkg-scanpackages, but that's not really
> the right thing
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (James A. Treacy) writes:
> First, due to NMU uploads to other architectures, the source version
> may not match the version: in the package you are looking for.
This could be corrected with dpkg-scanpackages, but that's not really
the right thing to do. I don't know the best
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