Re: apt-get source problem with Licq
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 21:27:16 +0000, Colin Watson said:
> Pollywog <croak@shadypond.com> wrote:
> >I am having problems getting the latest sources for Licq.
> >I can download the dsc diff, and tarball for version 1.0 manually
> >from ftp.debian.org but when I try to get them with 'apt-get source
> >licq', I get an older version even though my sources.list is set up
> >for Woody.
>
> Have you set it up for woody (i.e. now testing) or do you really mean
> unstable? Use the latter for preference now.
I changed it to unstable and was then able to download the files.
>
> >If I download the files manually, I am unsure what to do next,
>
> dpkg-source -x licq_1.0-5.dsc
This was a problem because it complained that the dsc file was not a
gzipped file and I gzipped it. Then it complained that the file was
not the size expected. I downloaded it twice with the same problem.
thanks
--
Andrew
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