Bug#86082: Searching in source contents
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 07:08:36PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> Package: www.debian.org
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Jouko Holopainen <jouko.holopainen@nethawk.fi> asked on the Finnish Linux
> newsgroup whether the packages.debian.org contents search form could
> allow one to specify "source" as an architecture. It would primarily be
> useful for developers, administrators and users of other distributions
> who want to find out for example where one can find the eximconfig
> utility source.
>
> I know, this is nontrivial. But it *is* a nice wish.
>
There is probably a more efficient way to go about this, but
'apt-cache show <package> | grep ^Source:' would work.
But, wouldn't adding this to the package page accomplish the goal?
It is much simpler and would be trivial to add.
--
James (Jay) Treacy
treacy@debian.org
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