> this is an unfortunate interaction and not a bug in git-ubuntu
that's fine, i was only cc'ing you in case you thought it was something that should be fixed
> or the imported qemu package
well IMHO it is a bug to have the file in the orig tarball
> If the build requires that, then it's not going to work
well again IMHO any package that requires a working git repo is fundamentally broken
> what behaviour do you want from git-ubuntu instead
i'd suggest removing the .git file/dir instead of renaming it. Is there actually a package that contains a .git file/dir and requires it for build?
> this is an unfortunate interaction and not a bug in git-ubuntu
that's fine, i was only cc'ing you in case you thought it was something that should be fixed
> or the imported qemu package
well IMHO it is a bug to have the file in the orig tarball
> If the build requires that, then it's not going to work
well again IMHO any package that requires a working git repo is fundamentally broken
> what behaviour do you want from git-ubuntu instead
i'd suggest removing the .git file/dir instead of renaming it. Is there actually a package that contains a .git file/dir and requires it for build?