Bug#127759: marked as done (should apt-get source modify do something different if dpkg-dev is not installed?)
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and subject line Close: should apt-get source modify do something different if dpkg-dev is not installed?
has caused the Debian Bug report #127759,
regarding should apt-get source modify do something different if dpkg-dev is not installed?
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: wishlist
When trying to apt-get source ppp, I got:
root@gate:/usr/src/system# apt-get source ppp
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Need to get 583kB of source archives.
Get:1 ftp://rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de testing/main ppp 2.4.1.uus-1 (dsc)
[633B]
Get:2 ftp://rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de testing/main ppp 2.4.1.uus-1 (tar)
[534kB]
Get:3 ftp://rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de testing/main ppp 2.4.1.uus-1 (diff)
[47.8kB]Fetched 583kB in 13s (43.2kB/s)
sh: dpkg-source: command not found
Unpack command 'dpkg-source -x ppp_2.4.1.uus-1.dsc' failed.
E: Child process failed
root@gate:/usr/src/system#
This is a bit unintuitive, I guess.
We might want to direct the interested reader at the dpkg-dev package
here...
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Version: 0.6.42
The output of apt-get source is a bit nicer since at least 0.6.42:
It reads like:
>>>>>>>
Unpack command 'dpkg-source -x whatever_42-1.dsc' failed.
Check if the 'dpkg-dev' package is installed.
<<<<<<<
So it says now what the user need to do to let apt-get unpack
the source automatically.
It also doesn't break the functionality itself if it isn't installed -
apt can still download the source for you, you just need to manually
extract it to be able to look into it, so i think this bug can finally be
closed - and i therefore do so now, but feel free to reopen it if you
disagree.
Best regards,
David Kalnischkies
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