make-kpkg UTS version problem

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Hi, when doing a fresh unpack of linux-source-2.6.17 then attempting to 
build realtime-lsm, I get the following error:

/usr/src/linux# make-kpkg modules-image
exec debian/rules  DEBIAN_REVISION=2.6.17-10.00.Custom  modules-image
echo "The UTS Release version in include/linux/version.h"; echo " 
\"\" "; echo "does not match current version:"; echo "     \"2.6.17\" "; 
echo "Please correct this."; exit 2
The UTS Release version in include/linux/version.h
     ""
does not match current version:
     "2.6.17"
Please correct this.
make: *** [modules-image] Error 2

I tried creating /usr/src/linux/version.h with simply the line:

2.6.17

but that didn't work.

I had this working before but removed my kernel source tree and can't 
get it working again )-:.