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For beta (at least, but I assume the same for nightly), the build system launchs git commands for retreiving the beta version.
git
The beta_prerelease_version() function was introduced by 06913a5 .
beta_prerelease_version()
Now, the build just fail as git command fail (tarballs aren't git repository).