"Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)" <heftig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Thank you. I already removed the "" suffix manually, and carried on. I can not test what you wrote. From memory, that is close to the situation I was in. -- u34