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

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 23 May 2012 20:59:43 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:

> On Wed, 23 May 2012 17:41:06 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message
> <[🔎] jpj7fi$kr$26@dough.gmane.org>:

>> > ..that probably depends on the usefulness of your definition of
>> > "$subject". ;o)
>> 
>> There's no much room for guessing:
> 
> ..no? ;o)

Sure not. What's what you understand?

>> $subject is the "subject" of this
>> thread which -regardless its usefulness- states:
>> 
>> ***
>> Re: aptitude changelog gives "You must put some 'source' URIs in your
>> sources.list"
>> ***
> 
> ..ok, _that's_ your definition. ;o)

"My definition"? No, it's what it can be read in the subject.

>> Bug or feature?
>> 
>> Does "aptitude changelog" need the corresponding "deb-src" entry in
>> order to avoid the error message ("E: You must put some 'source' URIs
>> in your sources.list")?
> 
> ..IMO both, 1.) a feature, because it does this thing differently than
> apt-get, which offers a viable workaround when a bug hits it, and 2.) a
> but, because aptitude's error message suggestion does not work her,
> because of a "second bug".  We've covered this, no need to get too dizzy
> looping this bird over and over again.

So you neither know. Okay, then please don't say _there's_ a bug ;-)

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón