Previously der.hans wrote: > when using "apt-get source packagename" there is no verification that > "/usr/bin/patch" is available. If it isn't the apt-get fails to finish > unloading the tarballs. Installing patch fixes the problem. apt > appears to be missing a dependency. No, dpkg-source should have the dependency. And in fact it has: [tornado;~/sources/original/dpkg/main]-6> dpkg -s dpkg-dev Package: dpkg-dev Status: install ok installed Priority: standard Section: utils Installed-Size: 217 Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Source: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.19 Replaces: dpkgname, dpkg (<< 1.4.1.8), dpkg-doc-ja Depends: perl5, cpio (>= 2.4.2-2), patch (>= 2.2-1), make Recommends: c-compiler Suggests: gnupg, debian-keyring Conflicts: dpkgname This looks like you broke your system yourself by removing patch at some point. Wichert. -- ________________________________________________________________ / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ | wichert@liacs.nl http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
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