Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

[Helge Kreutzmann <kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de>]

Hello !
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:31:06AM -0500, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Paul Slootman wrote:
> 
> > There's something in apt that will download the source and build it,
> > but I usually just let apt download it:
> 
> apt-get source -b postgresql
> 
> That should work...although I don't know if it invokes fakeroot by
> default, so I suggest Paul's method.

Thanks for the info but somehow my apt (potato) does not like
downloading sources:
sixtyfor:/usr/share/man/man5# apt-get source postgres
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Could not open file /var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_contrib_source_Sources - open (2 No such file or directory)

I uncommented the deb-src files as per example and invoced apt as
indicated. Somehow I hosed my man system so maybe I missed something
obvious (I usually take my debs home on tape and install them with
deb, so I have little exprience yet in apt).

Thanks again
           Helge

P.S. I touched the file apt was complining about but the message did
not change.
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