Re: Searching for sources

2002-11-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 06:38:48PM -0500, Bruno Diniz de Paula wrote: > Hi David, > > thanks for answering, but what I meant was that if I wished to look for > another package that, as just like the case of pine, DOESN'T have a > binary version due to license restrictions or anything else, I could

Re: Searching for sources

2002-11-26 Thread Bruno Diniz de Paula
Hi David, thanks for answering, but what I meant was that if I wished to look for another package that, as just like the case of pine, DOESN'T have a binary version due to license restrictions or anything else, I couldn't. Or at least up to now I don't know how to work it out. Another example cou

Re: Searching for sources

2002-11-26 Thread David Z Maze
(Reordering...) Bruno Diniz de Paula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, how could I know in advance which packages are available in the > source mirrors listed on my sources.list file? Every binary package should have a corresponding source package. > does anybody know how can I search for a sour

Searching for sources

2002-11-26 Thread Bruno Diniz de Paula
Hi, does anybody know how can I search for a source package? For example, I was wishing to install pine in my machine. If I do: apt-cache search pine the pine package isn't listed, but if I do: apt-get -b source pine it installs the package perfectly. So, how could I know in advance which pack