Bug#377424: apt-get source doesn't find package if multiple versions are available

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe@orcus.priv.at> [2006-11-11 15:16]:
> But apt-get source bugs out:

I think I'm seeing the same bug, or at least something related.  The
problem in my case is that apt-get source doesn't simply take the name
I pass it and obtain the source, but makes a binary->source
conversation.

My example is gnome-main-menu.  In etch, gnome-main-menu only exists
as a binary package which is generated from slab.  However, in newer
releases gnome-main-menu is also a source package.  In my sources
list, I have:

deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/debian etch main
deb-src http://ftp.osuosl.org/debian sid main

instead of simply taking gnome-main-menu as a source package and
obtaining it from sid, apt will make a binary->source conversation
based on etch and try to download the slab package - which doesn't
work because I'm using a deb-src from sid rather than etch.


Some more info:

apt-cache policy gnome-main-menu
gnome-main-menu:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.0.cvs.20061028-1
  Version table:
     0.0.cvs.20061028-1 0
        500 http://ftp.osuosl.org etch/main Packages

apt-cache showsrc gnome-main-menu | head -2
Package: gnome-main-menu
Binary: gnome-main-menu, libslab0, libslab-dev

apt-cache show gnome-main-menu | grep Source
Source: slab

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Martin Michlmayr
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