Re: getting source packages with synaptic

2012-01-30 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 29/01/12 21:27, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 29 ian 12, 18:55:00, Tony van der Hoff wrote: Much googling on the subject suggests that it might not be possible to do that. Anyone know whether that's true, if so, why, and if not how can I do it? Probably nobody bothered to implement the feat

Re: getting source packages with synaptic

2012-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 29 ian 12, 18:55:00, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > Much googling on the subject suggests that it might not be possible > to do that. Anyone know whether that's true, if so, why, and if not > how can I do it? Probably nobody bothered to implement the feature since people hacking on source c

Re: getting source

1999-11-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On 14/11/99 b- wrote: this was very helpful. some notes for for non-US packages sources: - for non-US packages, ftp.pandora... doesn't seem to exist (doesn't resolve with dns). oops! thats supposed to be ftp://pandora.debian.org not ftp://ftp.pandora.debian.org i used non-us.debian.org

Re: getting source

1999-11-14 Thread b-
thanx for the information. On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Ethan Benson wrote: > > try adding: > > deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb-src ftp://ftp.pandora.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US > main contrib non-free > > to your /etc/apt/sources.list change

Re: getting source

1999-11-14 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 13 Nov, b- wrote about "getting source" > hi, > > hope i'm sending this to the right person. > > how can i get access to the source for debian packages? specifically, i'm > looking for the source for debian's "dump" package. i thought i send a > note to debian before contacting the author

Re: getting source

1999-11-14 Thread Ethan Benson
On 13/11/99 b- wrote: how can i get access to the source for debian packages? specifically, i'm looking for the source for debian's "dump" package. i thought i send a note to debian before contacting the author, in case there is a standard way users can access the source code for the binary de

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Brian Servis wrote: : *- On 4 Oct, Mirek Kwasniak wrote about "Re: Getting source deb files" : > On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 11:59:43AM -0400, Joe Block wrote: : >> Hi. : >> : >> Where do I find the source deb files for packages i

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 4 Oct, Mirek Kwasniak wrote about "Re: Getting source deb files" > On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 11:59:43AM -0400, Joe Block wrote: >> Hi. >> >> Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to >> install > >

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 11:59:43AM -0400, Joe Block wrote: > Hi. > > Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to > install They are on all debian mirros :) > postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd rather > not > do. I'm

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Pollywog
On 04-Oct-99 Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Joe Block wrote: > > : Hi. > : > : Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like > to install > : postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd > rather not > : do. I'm sure that this

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Joe Block wrote: : Hi. : : Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to install : postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd rather not : do. I'm sure that this is only because the postfix deb file was built on a

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 4 Oct, Joe Block wrote about "Getting source deb files" > Hi. > > Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to > install > postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd rather > not > do. I'm sure that this is only because the postfix