Re: Debian package build from upstream source need git repo?? Failing...

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 3:47 PM Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>   I can vividly remember that it was working fine few months back...in fact
>   building the 6.2.2 kernel. I am certainly missing the updated information of
>   change. The damn script just untar the tarball and build.

Yes, please just use git if you build packages.

We've been using git for almost 20 years now, it's become the most
widely used SCM in the world, it's time you just laid tar-balls to
rest as a way to distribute kernel sources.

                   Linus