Re: aptitude changelog gives "You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list"

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Sat, 19 May 2012 03:05:03 -0400, Tom wrote in message 
<[🔎] CAOdo=SxrT0Qr-4L7ug5qLdtz7XTe4qcoA=rSjLX1oj2VQ8yd0A@mail.gmail.com>:

> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 May 2012 17:04:02 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message
> > <[🔎] jp5ve2$jg9$10@dough.gmane.org>:
> >>
> >> You have no "source" repo listed.
> >>
> >> deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian testing main contrib non-free
> >
> > ..if you _never_ install source, you don't need deb-src lines.
> 
> True, but "aptitude changelog ..." seems to require "deb-src ..."
> entries:
> 
> Without "deb-src ..."
> 
> # aptitude changelog grub-pc
> Err Changelog of grub-pc
> E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
> E: Changelog download failed: Download queue destroyed.
> E: Couldn't find a changelog for grub-pc
> 
> With "deb-src ..."
> 
> # aptitude changelog grub-pc
> Err Changelog of grub-pc
> E: Changelog download failed: 404  Not Found
> E: Couldn't find a changelog for grub-pc

..aye.  Now try 'apt-get changelog grub-pc ', both ways. ;o) 

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