where do I find source packages?

[robert rottermann]

NoOp schrieb:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
thanks, I would update..
but the computer is 500km away in a colocation center..

so I just cant..
robert

ps: I did download patch and install 2.6. worked fine.

thanks to everybody