Quoting Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk): > On Mon 13 Apr 2015 at 08:42:45 -0400, Jape Person wrote: > > > >I'd even argue that the deb-src entries are not necessary for the majority > > >of > > >Debian users. > > > > IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without > > the deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. I think these are > > tools that Debian users should be encouraged to use. At the least > > they provide a bit of a heads-up to the unwary during installations > > and upgrades. > > You would have to provide a source for the information in your first > sentence. One of my machines has a single line in sources.list and it > doesn't begin "deb-src".
So are you saying that the apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges tools work for you on that machine? I'm dubious of the truth of needing deb-src entries for them to work, but I have no evidence to the contrary bcause I haven't removed my deb-src lines. (I also read their control files and man pages, but it's not obvious how the former would express such a dependency, and grep 'src' gives no matches in the latter.) > I agree apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges are > very useful for any user but the bug information really needs to be > checked with the BTS to get the full benefit of apt-listbugs. Yes, I thought it did that. (Or is there a fallback if the network has gone down?) > > But I do get your point. > > It is quite a good one. If you never re-build a deb package the line > is redundant. Perhaps I should have trimmed the posting of my AFAICT standard Debian /etc/apt/sources.list considering the debate it's engendered. I would have been better pleased if someone were to firm up the options available if my suggestions didn't fix the problem. I only posted at all because this guy had been sitting on a non-functioning machine for at least 5 days by (my) Sunday morning. Cheers, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150413174652.gh7...@alum.home
