Re: SVGA Source Code

[Jim Studt <jim@federated.com>]

> > 
> > Debian always distributes source code.  Which
> > package in particular are you 
> > looking for?
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 	Following binaries for SVGA are available but I
> couldnt find the source code.
> 
>  svgalib-dummyg1_1.4.0-2.deb
>  svgalibg1_1.4.1-2.deb
>  svgalib1-libggi2_0.6-2.deb   
> 
> Available at
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/debian/main/binary-arm/libs
> 
> How can I request for source code??

Debian distributes the source code on their http mirror network
alongside the binaries.  If you look in...
  http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/libs/
... you will find the svgalib source files.  For each package you will
find a *.orig.tar.gz which is the original upstream source package and
a *.diff.gz which are the patches applied by debian before building.

(Note: there may not be a diff.gz if it is a debian original package,
also the correspondence between binary package name and location and 
source package name and location is not always what you think.)

e.g.:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/libs/svgalib-dummy_1.4.0-2.tar.gz
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/libs/svgalib_1.4.1-2.diff.gz
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/libs/svgalib_1.4.1.orig.tar.gz

If you do much of this you will want to `man sources.list' and get
your `deb-src' lines correct.  Then you can just `apt-get source packagename'

-- 
                                     Jim Studt, President
                                     The Federated Software Group, Inc.