On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > On Thu, 31 May 2012 06:18:06 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote: >> >> One of this list's regulars has a very good page: >> >> http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm > > Thanks for the vote of confidence, Tom. By the way, I think a lot > of the confusion in this thread comes from the fact that a linux > kernel source package in Debian is classified as a *binary* package. > Therefore, it is not installed with "apt-get source", and you must > be root to install it. For example, > > # aptitude install linux-source-3.2 > > There is a corresponding Debian source package for this binary > package, of course, and it is called, believe it or not, > linux-2.6! You can install this Debian source package, if you > want, by means of > > $ apt-get --only-source source linux-2.6 > > At the time of this writing, the version of this source package > in the Wheezy archive is 3.2.18-1, which contains kernel source > code from upstream kernel version 3.2.18. > > This issue, and many other "gotchas", are documented on the above- > mentioned web page. If you plan to use make-kpkg or "make deb-pkg" > to build the kernel, the "binary" package is the one you want > to install.
You're welcome; it's very good. The difference between "aptitude install linux-source-3.2" and "apt-get source linux-2.6" is that the first downloads one tar file to "/usr/src" and the second downloads two tar files (orig and diff; as well as one dsc file) to the current directory, expands the orig and applies the diff to the expanded orig. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szvy-hleud9pl-q+passdzk76r7mywx1rs3tf6cmas...@mail.gmail.com