Re: Bug#129629: Not really distributing sources
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
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> On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Joey Hess wrote:
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> > base-config package. apt-setup automatically enables deb-src lines to go
> > with each deb line it adds to the sources.list file, when it can (it
> > cannot if the user chooses to give it only a binary-only cd, or perhaps
>
> Really? I thought it asked first.
No, it just goes ahead and adds the line, after testing it.
> sources are not enabled by default in my version because most people won't
> be using that feature and won't know to turn it off to save download
> time. Those that want to use it are told what to do by apt-get.
Hm, I always figured most people would want to pull the sources for
something eventually, and it might as well Just Work.
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