Quoting Stéphane Glondu (2021-12-25 13:36:48) > `apt-get source calendar' downloads the bsdmainutils source package > instead of calendar. I suspect this is because bsdmainutils is the > source package of the calendar binary package. > > I think `apt-get source $FOO' should try to download $FOO if $FOO > exists as a source package, and only after fallback to downloading the > source package of $FOO if it exists only as a binary package.
I agree and I cannot remember a single time when (in scripts or when running apt manually) I wanted 'apt-get source' or 'apt-cache showsrc' to interpret the package name as a binary package and not a source package. Because of that I have APT::Get::Only-Source "true"; in my system-wide apt config. I've never looked back. Thanks! cheers, josch
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