Re: Debian source search by file name
Oh thanks a lot for trying it out, finding the solution, and giving
comprehensive explanation!
Really appreciate it!
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 5:16 PM The Wanderer - wanderer@fastmail.fm wrote:
>
> On 2019-12-28 at 14:47, Tong Sun wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to do Debian source search by file name?
> >
> > I wanted to see examples of overriding
> > debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature in
> > debian/source/lintian-overrides files, so I did:
> >
> > https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=path%3Adebian%2Fsources%2Flintian-overrides
> > https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=gpg+signature+path%3Adebian%2Fsources%2Flintian-overrides
> >
> > But none gave results I want. Both say:
> >
> > . . . had no results. Please read the FAQ to make sure your syntax is correct.
> >
> > I think my syntax is correct, right?
>
> Try:
>
> https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=gpg-signature+path%3Adebian%2Fsource%2Flintian-overrides
>
> which works for me right now.
>
> The only differences I see between this and your second URL above are A:
> the use of the correct path ("source" instead of "sources"), and B: the
> use of 'gpg-signature' instead of 'gpg signature'.
>
> If I drop the 'gpg-signature' part from this search term, I get the same
> error you got. I'm guessing that that's because there's no actual search
> term for *within* the file, and the search engine isn't going to report
> the entire file; if I'm right, that would be the other reason the first
> URL you gave doesn't find anything, aside from the path typo.
>
> --
> The Wanderer
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
>
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