Hi all, I got the warnings as some of the people above -
[$] sudo apt-get source leafpad Reading package lists... Done NOTICE: 'leafpad' packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control system at: https://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/leafpad.git Please use: git clone https://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/leafpad.git to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package. Need to get 301 kB of source archives. Get:1 http://mirror.mirohost.net/debian testing/main leafpad 0.8.18.1-5 (dsc) [1,940 B] Get:2 http://mirror.mirohost.net/debian testing/main leafpad 0.8.18.1-5 (tar) [289 kB] Get:3 http://mirror.mirohost.net/debian testing/main leafpad 0.8.18.1-5 (diff) [9,636 B] Fetched 301 kB in 52s (5,741 B/s) dpkg-source: info: extracting leafpad in leafpad-0.8.18.1 dpkg-source: info: unpacking leafpad_0.8.18.1.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: info: unpacking leafpad_0.8.18.1-5.debian.tar.xz dpkg-source: info: applying 30-fix-desktop-in dpkg-source: info: applying 20-format-spec.patch W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file 'leafpad_0.8.18.1-5.dsc' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) And this is when I'm using sudo . I tried again, being root this time and trying again but with the same result - root@debian:/home/shirish/leafpad# apt-get source leafpad Reading package lists... Done NOTICE: 'leafpad' packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control system at: https://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/leafpad.git Please use: git clone https://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/leafpad.git to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package. Need to get 301 kB of source archives. Get:1 http://debian-mirror.sakura.ne.jp/debian testing/main leafpad 0.8.18.1-5 (dsc) [1,940 B] Get:2 http://debian-mirror.sakura.ne.jp/debian testing/main leafpad 0.8.18.1-5 (tar) [289 kB] Get:3 http://debian-mirror.sakura.ne.jp/debian testing/main leafpad 0.8.18.1-5 (diff) [9,636 B] Fetched 301 kB in 1min 4s (4,646 B/s) dpkg-source: info: extracting leafpad in leafpad-0.8.18.1 dpkg-source: info: unpacking leafpad_0.8.18.1.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: info: unpacking leafpad_0.8.18.1-5.debian.tar.xz dpkg-source: info: applying 30-fix-desktop-in dpkg-source: info: applying 20-format-spec.patch W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file 'leafpad_0.8.18.1-5.dsc' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8