This patch fixed the error using 'git rev-parse --show-cdup' to check that git is used as SCM to track the current directory. The return value of this command is not null string when the .git directory is not in kernel topdir. Signed-off-by: Xufeng Wang <xufwang@xxxxxxx> --- scripts/setlocalversion | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion index 966dd39..7966e39 100755 --- a/scripts/setlocalversion +++ b/scripts/setlocalversion @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ scm_version() fi # Check for git and a git repo. - if test -z "$(git rev-parse --show-cdup 2>/dev/null)" && + if test -z "$(git rev-parse --show-cdup &>/dev/null)" && head=`git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then # If we are at a tagged commit (like "v2.6.30-rc6"), we ignore -- 2.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html