* Theo Bierman <theob@za.uu.net> [020122 09:09]:
> got the following files: mutt_1.3.26.orig.tar.gz
> mutt_1.3.26-1.diff.gz. Now do you mean dpkg-source -x
> mutt_1.3.26.orig.tar.gz and dpkg-source -x mutt_1.3.26-1.diff.gz. Cos
> if you do then this is what I get:
>
> dpkg-source -x mutt_1.3.26.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: error: syntax
> error in source control file ./mutt_1.3.26.orig.tar.gz at line 1: line
> with unknown format (not field-colon-value)
>
> and
>
> dpkg-source -x mutt_1.3.26-1.diff.gz dpkg-source: error: syntax error
> in source control file ./mutt_1.3.26-1.diff.gz at line 1: line with
> unknown format (not field-colon-value)
You've missed the dsc file from the same line. Either download it from
the same or issue
wget http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/pool/non-US/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.3.26-1.dsc
(assumed you have wget installed). Afterwards run
dpkg-source -x mutt_1.3.26-1.dsc
it will automatically unpack the two .gz files, you don't have to unpack
them manually.
> I'm getting a lot of errors since yesterday, perhaps I should just
> upgrade to 2.2r5 and then see what happens....?
There shouldn't be too many changes, I would give it a try.
Have fun,
Karsten
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