tags 245250 wontfix thanks On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 08:38:27AM +0200, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> I would like to use apt-get source --tar-only to retrieve the upstream > tarball by providing the upstream version number but not the debian > release number. Currently this is not possible : > > apt-get source --tar-only <package>=<upstream-version> > > fails, I currently have to say > > apt-get source --tar-only <package>=<upstream-version>-<debian-release> The name of the upstream tarball is defined in the .dsc, and in order to fetch the .dsc we must know the full version number of the package. -- - mdz
