save bandwidth + disk space: deb-src entry unnecessary (was ... Re: aptitude changelog gives ...)
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 05:46:41PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2012 05:39:29 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 05:04:02PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> >> You have no "source" repo listed.
> >>
> >> deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian testing main contrib non-free
> >
> > You don't need one. The only reason you'd need one is if you are going
> > to be compiling any software.
>
> Try yourself and then comment on the results.
I don't use aptitude, only apt-get. My post was just to note for the
archives.
Thanks for reminding me I should have made it easily found on a search.
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