1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/package/debian/rules b/scripts/package/debian/rules
index ca07243bd5cd..a417a7f8bbc1 100755
--- a/scripts/package/debian/rules
+++ b/scripts/package/debian/rules
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ ifeq ($(origin KBUILD_VERBOSE),undefined)
     endif
 endif
 
-revision = $(lastword $(subst -, ,$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version)))
+revision = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version | sed -n 's/.*-//p')
 CROSS_COMPILE ?= $(filter-out $(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)-, $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-)
-make-opts = ARCH=$(ARCH) KERNELRELEASE=$(KERNELRELEASE) KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION=$(revision) $(addprefix CROSS_COMPILE=,$(CROSS_COMPILE))
+make-opts = ARCH=$(ARCH) KERNELRELEASE=$(KERNELRELEASE) \
+    $(addprefix KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION=,$(revision)) \
+    $(addprefix CROSS_COMPILE=,$(CROSS_COMPILE))
 
 binary-targets := $(addprefix binary-, image image-dbg headers libc-dev)
 
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ package = $($(@:binary-%=%-package))
 # which package is being processed in the build log.
 DH_OPTIONS = -p$(package)
 
+# Note: future removal of KDEB_COMPRESS
+# dpkg-deb >= 1.21.10 supports the DPKG_DEB_COMPRESSOR_TYPE environment
+# variable, which provides the same functionality as KDEB_COMPRESS. The
+# KDEB_COMPRESS variable will be removed in the future.
 define binary
 	$(Q)dh_testdir $(DH_OPTIONS)
 	$(Q)dh_testroot $(DH_OPTIONS)