make-kpkg fails: policy violation

["Daniel J. Lauk" <dj@djlauk.de>]

Hi.

I'm sorry, if I might bring up an old topic, but I've been googling and
searching the list archives and posting to a forum for some days now and
I did not find an answer.

Here's my problem in short: I can't compile the kernel.

Long version:
I've net-installed a Debian system on my workstation a week ago and
upgraded it to Sid. I now wanted to compile a 2.6-series kernel
following the guide at http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm.
I used the same procedure one month before on my server (also a Sid
system) and everything went fine. But on my workstation it wouldn't
work. (I tried both the 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 releases.)

The error message from make-kpkg is as follows:
"The version number [...] is not all lowercase. Since the version ends
up in the package name of the kernel image package, this is a Debian
policy violation, and the packaging system shall refuse to package the
image."

Note: The [...]-part is some recursive make-output that somehow gets
mixed with the error message.

FYI:
1) I can assure, that the version is all lowercase.
   (Specifically: I left the Makefile almost untouched. I only set
   EXTRAVERSION = -20050216).
2) I use the official debian kernel packages (get them with aptitude).
3) As mentioned before, I followed that certain guide -- please don't
   make me repeat it all here... ;-)

I myself believe, something is wrong with my system -- not with the
kernel packages or with the compile procedure I'm using.

Anybody got a clue?

Best regards,

DJ