On 01/03/2020 19:12, Jim Jackson wrote:
> On 2020-03-01, bob prohaska  wrote:
>> This is probably a dumb question, but I'll ask anyway:
>>
>> Is it possible to download source code for the kernel and user
>> software and rebuild the command line part of raspbian on the Pi?
>>
>> I understand it's not done that way, I'm merely curious.
>>
>> Thanks for reading,
>>
>
>
> In a Debian system, the source for every package is available as a sopurce
> package. You need the right lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list file.
> This includes the source for the kernel.
>
> As Raspbian is essentially Debian, I'd expect it to be the same. Indeed
> on my (very) old out-of-date Raspbian system I can download source files -
> I simply added a "deb-src" line that the same as my "deb" line, and did
>
>    apt-get source some-package-name
>
> in some directory where I want the source files to be stored.
>
> This is documented on the debian wiki at
>
>   https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/SourcePackage
>
> I read very many responses to your query, but somehow they all seemed to
> miss this fact! (mumble mumble mumble) from what I've seen I'm not sure
> asking on the raspberry pi forums would a lot better - but I think you
> would have got one or two better answers.
>
>
I did make this point as an aside. But it seems the general level of
intelligence in IT has been going down over the years. Along with
attention span.


> Jim
>


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