Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Guy Maor wrote:
I'm suggesting that dpkg-scanpackages scan the dscs and put the
section and version in the Source field, or perhaps add a new field
Dsc which is simply the full path to the dsc, akin to the Filename
field. Then downloading the source
[EMAIL PROTECTED](James A. Treacy) writes:
Should apt have to download the dsc file for a package before it
knows what the source files are?
Why on earth not? If it's going to download the source, the .dsc file
is part of the source and has to be downloaded anyway.
It is clearly
[EMAIL PROTECTED](James A. Treacy) writes:
It is clearly much more efficient if the .dsc files don't have to be
retrieved. This is simply a matter of policy though.
I guess you're talking about different things. Of course that
package's dsc needs to be downloaded, but Jay fears that all the
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James A. Treacy) writes:
[EMAIL PROTECTED](James A. Treacy) writes:
Should apt have to download the dsc file for a package before it
knows what the source files are?
Why on earth not? If it's going to
[EMAIL PROTECTED](James A. Treacy) writes:
Guy Maor wrote:
First, due to NMU uploads to other architectures, the source version
may not match the version: in the package you are looking for.
This means you need to search the archive for the name of the .dsc
file. There are about 75 version
Guy Maor wrote:
I'm suggesting that dpkg-scanpackages scan the dscs and put the
section and version in the Source field, or perhaps add a new field
Dsc which is simply the full path to the dsc, akin to the Filename
field. Then downloading the source for a package is simple. The web
pages
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James A. Treacy) writes:
First, due to NMU uploads to other architectures, the source version
may not match the version: in the package you are looking for.
This could be corrected with dpkg-scanpackages, but that's not really
the right thing to do. I don't know the best
Guy Maor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James A. Treacy) writes:
First, due to NMU uploads to other architectures, the source version
may not match the version: in the package you are looking for.
This could be corrected with dpkg-scanpackages, but that's not really
the right thing to do. I
[EMAIL PROTECTED](James A. Treacy) writes:
Should apt have to download the dsc file for a package before it
knows what the source files are?
Why on earth not? If it's going to download the source, the .dsc file
is part of the source and has to be downloaded anyway.
If there are plans to
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