where do I find source packages?

[NoOp]

On 09/23/2009 09:53 AM, robert rottermann wrote:
> NoOp schrieb:
>> On 09/23/2009 06:36 AM, robert rottermann wrote:
>>   
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> eventually i will get accustomed to apt-get ..
>>>>>
>>>>> now apt-get source squid
>>>>>
>>>>> fetches version 2.5xx of squid. is there a way to get a newer
>>>>> one?
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/hardy/squid will allow you to get
>>>> the 2.6 ubuntu patched source.
>>>>       
>>>>> now apt-get source squid-2.6 does not work.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks robert
>>>>>         
>>> sorry if I seem thick (I probably am ..)
>>>
>>> I see three files. one of them seems to be the original (the name
>>> suggests so) and the other ones are very small.
>>>
>>> which one do I compile, or (likely) is there a process into which I
>>> have to feed these files?
>>>     
>>
>> squid_2.5.12.orig.tar.gz
>>
>> You might consider asking if 2.6 can be backported, see:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports
>>   
> thanks,
> I am really learning somethings about ubuntu
>> Probably not likely as EOL for Dapper is June 2011. Consider upgrading
>> to Hardy LTS Server - it's supported until June 2013:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
>>
>>   
> now cant I not just download the files from
> 
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/hardy/squid 
> 
> and then apply the patch that is in one of the files?

Possibly. You can see the changes that have been applied here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid

But I'd just update the whole server to hardy, see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades