On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 03:05:32PM +0000, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: >Hi! > >> Subject: Re: Bug#1059551: Remove obsolete command 'dget' >> Ummm, no. dget is a very useful tool with very different use cases >> from apt-get - particularly when grabbing source packages. > >What if we then at least update the man page to mention `apt-get >download` and `apt-get source --download-only` as alternatives, and >document the use case you state is still very useful? Despite your tip >about sources I can't figure out what the useful use case is - >everything I can think of can be done with apt-get.
The most common thing for me is simply grabbing all the files that were part of a specific source upload, e.g.: $ dget http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/pool/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.19-13.dsc How would you do similar with apt-get? I especially find this useful with things from snapshot.d.o. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com < sladen> I actually stayed in a hotel and arrived to find a post-it note stuck to the mini-bar saying "Paul: This fridge and fittings are the correct way around and do not need altering"
