> I think original poster is unaware of `debcheckout` from > the package `devscripts`. > > `debcheckout PACKAGE` does "VCS checkout (or cloning) of PACKAGE" > > Checkout URL is taken from debian/control Vcs-Vcs:
In case of binutils that will not help: debcheckout binutils declared bzr repository at http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~doko/binutils/pkg-2.29-debian bzr branch http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~doko/binutils/pkg-2.29-debian binutils ... Can't exec "bzr": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/debcheckout line 573. checkout failed (the command above returned a non-zero exit code) I guess a tool like debsnap is more appropriate in this case.
