Bug#212047: apt-get source <package>=<version> bug

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

merge 212047 174626
thanks

On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 11:25:55PM +0200, Peter Demcak wrote:

> Package: apt
> Version: apt 0.5.9 for linux i386 compiled on Aug 10 2003 19:57:57
> 
> when i invoke apt-get source bash=2.05b-9.1, apt-get exit with error
> message: 
> E: Unable to find a source package for bash
> 
> i tried it with some other packages too  and it seems like the error occures
> when letter character is in version (like 2.05b-9.1 or 3.3.2-0pre2). I used the
> version values from dselect.

This is another duplicate of a bug already reported twice; in the future,
please check the list of open bugs before reporting a new one.  The titles
of these bugs are almost identical to the one you supplied, so they should
have been easy to find.

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 - mdz