On Sun, 20 May 2012 19:03:11 +0200, Tom wrote in message <CAOdo=Sx_u1QqE5G=kzv1kz5cw0zxarkwuadw6c6xsypzkzz...@mail.gmail.com>:
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Arnt Karlsen <a...@c2i.net> wrote: > > On Sat, 19 May 2012 13:51:37 -0400, Tom wrote in message > > <CAOdo=Sy+8WL1a90H1rAqyhhBkmsG_3Pjw4t=e0icyevzucn...@mail.gmail.com>: > >> > >> Thanks but I didn't say that it didn't work with apt-get only that > >> aptitude seems to need "deb-src ..." entries. > > > > ..aye, it's because apt-get and aptitude does these things > > _differently_, and that's handy when a bug in one program > > makes you try a work-around using the other. > > This thread is about aptitude and and two bugs that it seems to have > when using "...changelog...", not about apt-get. Do you suggest that > someone use vi when they have a problem with emacs? Or GNOME and KDE? > Or ...? You could've also suggested reading changelogs on > packages.debian.org as a workaround, it would nonetheless not have > helped with aptitude. Or even, suggested that he switch to Fedora > because "rpm -q --changelog ..." works. ..in principle, yes, until the bug is fixed, that un-dramatic work-around is _precisely_ what's recommended by the aptitude bug fix team. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120521003418.1fe1e...@celsius.lan
