Instead of duplicating the contents of the filechk_uboot.release variable, use it directly.
This is preparation for the next patch which will modify filechk_uboot.release, and reflects what the linux kernel does nowadays: kernelrelease: @$(filechk_kernel.release) Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villem...@prevas.dk> --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 44deb339af1..efaf24e58e7 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ checkstack: $(PERL) $(src)/scripts/checkstack.pl $(ARCH) ubootrelease: - @echo "$(UBOOTVERSION)$$($(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree))" + @$(filechk_uboot.release) ubootversion: @echo $(UBOOTVERSION) -- 2.40.1.1.g1c60b9335d