Thus spake Nathan E Norman (nnorman@micromuse.com): > $ apt-get source php4/testing > > should work, but doesn't. It says "unable to find a source package > for php4/testing" ... > > I'm looking at the pool directory and the source for 4.0.100 (the > version in testing) is there ... so you could always download it > manually and use dpkg-source to unpack. However, it seems like > apt-get should be able to do it ... > > After reading the man page a few times, I tried > > $ apt-get source php4=3:4.0.100-1 > > and it works!! Use "apt-cache show <pkgname>" and look for the > "Version:" tag to see what you need to put after the = char (make sure > you're looking at the correct entry; "apt-cache show" shows info for > all the releases it knows about. In the case of php4 with my > sources.list this means I have 4 entries (sid, woody, potato, > security). > > This is cool! I learned something today :) I think that the -t flag works for getting source as well. Have a look at the man page. -- Justin R. Miller <incanus@codesorcery.net> View my website at http://codesorcery.net Please encrypt email using key 0xC9C40C31
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