Tom Huckstep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have the full set of 6 potato r0 CDs and my /etc/apt/sources.list >file looks like this: > >deb-src cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 _Potato_ - Official Source-3 >(20000814)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main [...] >deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 >(20000814)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main [...] > >I have two queries about this: > >1) Why does it say unstable when I want the stable distribution. On >the CD stable, unstable and frozen are all symlinks to potato. Can I >safely change these entries to stable?
That's odd, as I'd expect apt-cdrom to add stable lines in preference to unstable. You should be able to change all these over with no problems. >2) How do I install the source code for a particular package? Since you have deb-src lines above, 'apt-get source package-name'. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
