Bug#1059551: closed by Steve McIntyre (Re: Bug#1059551: Remove obsolete command 'dget')

2023-12-28 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Thanks for the example. Apt can be used to download a specific source version of something with the = parameter, which you probably know. In this case your example showed that one can't use apt to download versions from another (historic) Debian release. apt-get source glibc=2.19-13 Reading packa

Bug#1059551: closed by Steve McIntyre (Re: Bug#1059551: Remove obsolete command 'dget')

2023-12-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 03:05:32PM +, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: >Hi! > >> Subject: Re: Bug#1059551: Remove obsolete command 'dget' >> Ummm, no. dget is a very useful tool with very different use cases >> from apt-get - particularly when grabbing source packages. > >What if we then at least update

Bug#1059551: closed by Steve McIntyre (Re: Bug#1059551: Remove obsolete command 'dget')

2023-12-28 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Hi! > Subject: Re: Bug#1059551: Remove obsolete command 'dget' > Ummm, no. dget is a very useful tool with very different use cases > from apt-get - particularly when grabbing source packages. What if we then at least update the man page to mention `apt-get download` and `apt-get source --downloa