On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 11:26:29AM -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > I was wanting to look at the source to kde-core and tried to install > it using apt. I went to the apt documentation at debian.org for the > "how-to". Unfortunately, it's not the results I expected - and I don't > see anything in the doc explaining what happened - although I could be > looking in the wrong place (the apt documentation under "Working with > source packages). > > (1) I enter the command "apt-get source kde-core" > My sources.list has the line: > deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main > I'm running sarge > > I'm not getting the files indicated by the documentation. There is no > .orig.tar.gz or a .diff.gz file.
Native packages have just a .tar.gz and .dsc, not .orig.tar.gz, .diff.gz and .dsc like normal packages. > I do see some meta files, but these aren't mentioned in the .apt > documentation "Meta files"? > (2) I tried making sure that I had the required files as specified in > the documentation by entering the command > > apt-get build-dep kde-core > > This fails with the message "Your kernel is configured with devfs, but > devfs is not mounted anywhere. This means noflushd cannot work". Is that the whole message, or is there more? That seems odd at best on its own. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
