> I think original poster is unaware of `debcheckout` from > the package `devscripts`.
Yes, I wasn't aware of neither debcheckout.nor debsnap. Looks like the devscripts package is a teasure trove of useful scripts, many thanks for that pointer. > > In case of binutils that will not help: > > ... > > > Ops, that's actually due to missing bzr :) > > > > > > Well, with installed bzr the result is quite the same due to missing repo. The issue with missing repos or not updated repo entries seems to be more general: $ debcheckout glibc declared git repository at https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-glibc/glibc.git git clone https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-glibc/glibc.git glibc ... Cloning into 'glibc'... fatal: repository 'https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-glibc/glibc.git/' not found checkout failed (the command above returned a non-zero exit code) As I pointed out in my initial post already, I could find the repo on salsa (https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git), but if I was not just only Unlucky, it looks like missing repos (as for the binutils package) or dangling links (as for the glibc package) seems to be a rather common issue, geatly deprecating the usefulness of such a useful tool like debcheckout. Is there any hope that this is being addressed in the forseeable future, maybe while doing the transition of repos to https://salsa.debian.org? And finally: Is there any chance to find the binutils package somewhere else? Again, many thanks for your valuable help, Chris
