@christian.ehrha...@canonical.com You're right. Thanks. On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Christian Ehrhardt < christian.ehrha...@canonical.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:00 PM, jean-christophe manciot < > actionmysti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As previously noted, *something is wrong with the upstream branch* of >> the git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-qemu/qemu.git repo. >> I'm glad we could narrow down the source of the problem with your help. >> > > IMHO it is not wrong - it just not meant for what you want to use it. > > gbp relies on pristine-tar or upstream branches with tags and such to get > tarballs, but in this repo there is no pristine-tar branch and the upstream > branch is not meant for what you use it. > The last commit in there is from 2012, so not that upstream right? > There is nothing "wrong" with having the repo set up this way. > > The pull-debian-source is a way to get what you need by telling gbp to use > this as the tarball source. > That way you can go on with your workflow, even when the git layout is not > meant for gbp. > > > -- > Christian Ehrhardt > Software Engineer, Ubuntu Server > Canonical Ltd > -- Jean-Christophe
