Create .deb package for Debian-based Linux distros

[cataluna84]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Haven't reached that part yet

• VS Code Version: 1.96.2
• OS Version: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS

I'm getting an error when creating .deb file after building Code - OSS for linux

I followed all the steps from How to Contribute guide in the official vscode repository.

This step did complete just fine
$ npm run gulp vscode-linux-x64

I am also able to build the min version
$ npm run gulp vscode-linux-x64-min

But when I try to create .deb file for easy installation using
$ npm run gulp vscode-linux-x64-build-deb

I get this output (error), and I have no idea why it's happening.

> [email protected] gulp
> node --max-old-space-size=8192 ./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js vscode-linux-x64-build-deb

(node:524294) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
[21:30:08] Using gulpfile /media/cataluna84/Extension/VisualStudioCode/vscode/gulpfile.js
[21:30:08] Starting 'vscode-linux-x64-build-deb'...
[21:30:08] 'vscode-linux-x64-build-deb' errored after 264 ms
[21:30:08] Error: Command failed: fakeroot dpkg-deb -Zxz -b code-oss-amd64 deb
dpkg-deb: error: failed to open package info file 'code-oss-amd64/DEBIAN/control' for reading: No such file or directory

    at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)
    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:414:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:524:28)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:552:15)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1101:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:456:11)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:524:28)
    at Socket.emit (node:domain:552:15)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:350:12)

Someone, has also created a StackOverflow post regarding the same, with a slightly different error I also faced