On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 4:55 PM u34--- via arch-general < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > With 5.17.arch1, the output of > > make -s kernelrelease > > ends with "". That is, having a double \" character at the end of the > string. > It was not like that in prevoius versions. Is that expected? > Remove include/config/auto.conf and try again. If your build tree wasn't clean and the config hasn't changed since you updated to 5.17, this file may still have a CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="" in it.