Package: kernel_package Version: 13.016 Severity: important Dirty flag is appending while creating the debian of linux-image.
*Steps i have followed : * 1. apt-get source linux-source-3.13.0 #### Added to git to maintain my untracked files 2. cd linux-3.13.0 linux-3.13.0$ git init linux-3.13.0$ git add -A linux-3.13.0$ git status -s linux-3.13.0$ git add .gitignore 3. linux-3.13.0$ git clean -dfx Removing Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbstb.pdf Removing Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/crop.pdf Removing Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/fieldseq_bt.pdf Removing Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/fieldseq_tb.pdf Removing Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pipeline.pdf Removing Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vbi_525.pdf Removing Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vbi_625.pdf Removing Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vbi_hsync.pdf Removing arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr Removing arch/sh/boot/romimage/vmlinux.scr Removing debian/ 4. linux-3.13.0$ git commit -m "Test linux-3.13.0" linux-3.13.0$ git log commit 4424ae468cc0bd288225dbb52446451849665a83 Author: chinmoy Date: Thu Feb 11 12:08:15 2016 +0530 Test linux-3.13.0 5. Export ARCH-arm and cross_compile 6. linux-3.13.0$ cp arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig .config 7. linux-3.13.0$ make menuconfig and save exit 8.linux-3.13.0$ fakeroot make-kpkg -j 16 --uimage --append_to_version=-r1 --REVISION=20160211 kernel-image *#########################* After build done , i have checked the following 9. linux-3.13.0$ cat include/config/kernel.release 3.13.11-ckt21-r1-g4424ae4-*dirty* 10. linux-3.13.0$ file ../linux-image-3.13.11-ckt21-r1-g4424ae4-*dirty* _20160211_armhf.deb 11 . In git status -s : {{{ linux-3.13.0$ git status -s M debian/changelog D debian/cloud-tools/hv_get_dhcp_info D debian/cloud-tools/hv_get_dns_info D debian/cloud-tools/hv_set_ifconfig D debian/commit-templates/bumpabi D debian/commit-templates/config-updates D debian/commit-templates/external-driver D debian/commit-templates/missing-modules D debian/commit-templates/newrelease D debian/commit-templates/sauce-patch D debian/commit-templates/upstream-patch D debian/compat M debian/control Like so many }} Please let me know how to get-rid of this dirty flag.. Regards Chinmoy