On Sat 28 Sep 2019 at 03:41:01 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2019-09-27 23:55 (UTC-0500): > > Thank you! > > > On Sat 28 Sep 2019 at 00:19:00 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > > >> apt search and aptitude search find it, but > >> http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/ and > >> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/ and > >> https://sources.debian.org/prefix/x/ either don't have it, or it's hidden > >> from > >> view using a web browser. > > > You want http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-server/ > > Yi, yi yi.
Well, I run apt-cacher-ng, so I only had to search my own cache with find. > >> I tried installing it (in Buster), then examining it in /var/cache/apt/, > >> but > >> xserver-xorg-legacy was nowhere to be found. What controls whether > >> packages are > >> kept in the cache after installation? > > > apt-get doesn't clean by default. apt/aptitude probably do. > > Is there a way to choose the behavior other than typing apt-get instead of > apt? As Curt pointed out, the parameter is a bit buried; beyond the call of duty at almost midnight. My standard line for upgrading is in the form: # apt-get update && apt-get -d upgrade ; apt-get upgrade ; read -p '^C or clean' _ ; apt-get clean > >> I know what the package does generally, but I want to examine the package's > >> content. What must I feed to wget to fetch it for examination? > > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-legacy_1.20.4-1_amd64.deb > > >> Or, which of the > >> confusion of Debian's package management tools can show me detail of > >> what's in the > >> files it contains without bothering to download for physical inspection, > > > apt-file, probably. > > That question didn't get finished. apt-file list lists the files, but what I > was > after was what was in the contained files, most likely better addressed by > examining the source. > > In this case I was expecting something relatively simple, like changing of > permissions on /usr/bin/Xorg and/or a simple script, not a 14k binary. My understanding of this would be that you can't modify the permissions on /usr/bin/Xorg because two instances might be required at the same time, one suid and one not. And you can't achieve suid with a script because it's insecure (race condition and all that). Which leaves a binary. > >> or simply > >> fetch without installing? > > > apt-get -d > > Again, thanks! I thought it might be easier to email my copies (two architectures), but if others also did that … Cheers, David.