[PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg: require debian_revision when creating source package

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Mar 11 2025 - 15:01:40 EST


Debian Policy [1] specifies the version format as follows:

[epoch:]upstream_version[-debian_revision]

Here, the presence of the debian_revision part indicates a non-native
package, while its absence indicates a native package.

Kbuild adopts the source format 3.0 (quilt), meaning the kernel is a
non-native package and therefore requires the revision portion.

This commit prevents the creation of an invalid source package when
KDEB_PKGVERSION contains no hyphen.

[1]: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#version

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

scripts/package/mkdebian | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index b6dd98ca860b..193e33bcb989 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ set_debarch() {
# Create debian/source/ if it is a source package build
gen_source ()
{
+ # The Debian Policy requires -debian_revision portion in the version.
+ # Since the source format 3.0 (quilt) is used here, a hyphen is
+ # required in the version.
+ if [ "${KDEB_PKGVERSION:+set}" ] && ! echo "${KDEB_PKGVERSION}" | grep -- '-..*'; then
+ echo "error: KDEB_PKGVERSION must include a hyphen to create a source package" >&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
mkdir -p debian/source

echo "3.0 (quilt)" > debian/source/format
--
2.43.0