No source packages in APT repo?

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 03/12/2021 22:27 Shawn Heisey <elyograg at elyograg.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> I added a deb-src entry to my APT config matching the deb entry:
> 
> deb https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.3-latest/ubuntu/focal focal main
> deb-src https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.3-latest/ubuntu/focal focal main
> 
> When this is there, I see a warning when running "apt update".
> 
> W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/source/Sources' as 
> repository 'https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.3-latest/ubuntu/focal focal 
> InRelease' does not seem to provide it (sources.list entry misspelt?)
> 
> Were source packages excluded deliberately?  The github repo for dovecot 
> does not have a "debian" directory, which is the other route that would 
> allow me to build packages.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shawn

Is there a particular reason you need to build source packages?

Aki