What's the three kinds of files when using apt-get source xxx

Thomas Dean tomdean001 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 29 12:12:59 UTC 2010


Hello everyone,

I have a question about "apt-get source xxx".When I use apt-get source
xxx, it downloads three kinds of files like these:
xxx.diff.gz
xxx.tar.gz
xxx.dsc
What are they used for? May I delete the diff file and the dsc file?

I have another question about updating.
If I install a software by downloading the sources with "apt-get
source xxx" and calling "make install", will it be upgraded
automatically by "apt-get upgrade"?
Thanks.




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