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kbuild: use git-archive for source package creation Commit 5c3d1d0abb12 ("kbuild: add a tool to list files ignored by git") added a new tool, scripts/list-gitignored. My intention was to create source packages without cleaning the source tree, without relying on git. Linus strongly objected to it, and suggested using 'git archive' instead. [1] [2] [3] This commit goes in that direction - Remove scripts/list-gitignored.c and rewrites Makefiles and scripts to use 'git archive' for building Debian and RPM source packages. It also makes 'make perf-tar-src-pkg' use 'git archive' again. Going forward, building source packages is only possible in a git-managed tree. Building binary packages does not require git. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wi49sMaC7vY1yMagk7eqLK=1jHeHQ=yZ_k45P=xBccnmA@mail.gmail.com/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wh5AixGsLeT0qH2oZHKq0FLUTbyTw4qY921L=PwYgoGVw@mail.gmail.com/ [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgM-W6Fu==EoAVCabxyX8eYBz9kNC88-tm9ExRQwA79UQ@mail.gmail.com/ Fixes: 5c3d1d0abb12 ("kbuild: add a tool to list files ignored by git") Fixes: e0ca16749ac3 ("kbuild: make perf-tar-src-pkg work without relying on git") Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 2023-03-16 00:50:18 +09:00