On 8/12/23 11:47, aitor wrote:
> Hi ken,
> On 12/8/23 15:14, Ken Dibble wrote:
>> Upgraded to kernel image 5.10.0-25 (5.10.179-5) from 5.10.0-23 (5.10.179-3).
> In order to download the source of the kernel with apt, type:
> $ apt-get source linux
> and you'll get the most recent version in debian buster, that is:
> - linux_5.10.179.orig.tar.gz
> together with the debian tarball:
> - linux_5.10.179-5.debian.tar.xz
> The latter contains the `Changelog` detailing the differences between 5.10.179-5
> and 5.10.179-3. Changes affecting the source are applied via quilt patches, in
> a way that the source tarball remains constant (5.10.178) increasing the debian
> branch instead (from 3 to 5).
> HTH,
> Aitor.


In my universe that doesn't work, YMMV.

kdibble@thinkstation:~/Downloads$ apt-get source linux
Reading package lists... Done
NOTICE: 'linux' packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control
system at:
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux.git
Please use:
git clone https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux.git
to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package.
Need to get 139 MB of source archives.
Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports/main linux
6.1.27-1~bpo11+1 (dsc) [310 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports/main linux
6.1.27-1~bpo11+1 (tar) [137 MB]
Get:3 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports/main linux
6.1.27-1~bpo11+1 (diff) [1,460 kB]
Fetched 139 MB in 7s (19.5 MB/s)
...

...



The source for 6.1.27-1 isn't of any value to me.

This is why I was specifying a version as  stated before.

$apt-get source linux-image-unsigned-$(uname -r)

E: Unable to find a source package for linux-image-unsigned-5.10.0-23-amd64

$apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)

E: Can not find version '5.10.179+3' of package
'linux-image-5.10.0-23-amd64'
E: Unable to find a source package for linux-signed-amd64

None of the following work either

 apt-get source linux-image-5.10.0-23
Reading package lists... Done
E: Unable to find a source package for linux-image-5.10.0-23
kdibble@thinkstation:~/Downloads/src$ apt-get source
linux-image-5.10.0-23-amd64
Reading package lists... Done
Picking 'linux-signed-amd64' as source package instead of
'linux-image-5.10.0-23-amd64'

I am not trying to be difficult, I was just  making the point that for
all of the

good intentions, things don't work the way people sometimes expect.

I was able to get the changelog for 5.10.0-24.

There are a bunch of usb changes that don't mean anything to me.

In conclusion all I know is that it is nowhere easy to get the source
for a specific kernel

as one thinks and 5.10.0.24 broke all of my usb disk stuff, with the
added bonus of

random beeps on attempted access of usb disk drives prior to hanging the
system.

Regards,

Ken