make-kpkg problem

[Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>]

Hi all

  I have been trying to find the answer to this problem on and off for
  a month or so.  I can't compile a kernel using kpkg without getting
  these errors:

VT3 root-3-ETCH:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.17# make-kpkg --revision 1:buddy.2.2.17 --initrd kernel_image
exec make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk debian DEBIAN_REVISION=1:buddy.2.2.17  INITRD=YES
/usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk:44: /ruleset/common/archvars.mk: No such file or directory
/usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk:45: /ruleset/misc/version_vars.mk: No such file or directory
/usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk:46: /ruleset/misc/defaults.mk: No such file or directory
/usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk:47: no file name for `-include'
/usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk:48: /ruleset/misc/config.mk: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/ruleset/misc/config.mk'.  Stop.
Failed to create a ./debian directory: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/make-kpkg line 1074.

THe same thing with 
make-kpkg --revision 1:buddy.2.2.17 --bzimage kernel_image

I have also tried different version of the kernel-package.
kernel-package_10.047_all.deb  kernel-package_10.052_all.deb
kernel-package_10.049_all.deb  kernel-package_10.054_all.deb
Without any success so it must be something else.

The kernels I tried it on are:
linux-source-2.6.15_2.6.15-8_all.deb
linux-source-2.6.17_2.6.17-9_all.deb

As I did not find any mention of this (Google, Debian Bugs, D-U)
I must be doing something very wrong here.

Thank God for the old standbys make dep ; make clean ; make etc.......

Anyone have any pointers to what I have missed?

TIA

Wayne
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