Re: Bug#56431: apt: apt-get source while an install is running...

To: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
Cc: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#56431: apt: apt-get source while an install is running...
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:25:22 -0700 (MST)
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.GSO.4.10.10001280531010.18034-100000@lutra.sztaki.hu>

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Gergely Madarasz wrote:

> > It needs to know what version/source package to download. How on earth did
> 
> why on earth does it need the dpkg status file for that ? 

Because the dpkg status file has the current version and Sources: lines
for packages :>

Jason

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