gfversion=$(shell head -1 $(PKGNAME)/debian/changelog | sed 's/.*(\(.[^+-]*\).*).*/\1/')
gfminor=$(shell head -1 $(PKGNAME)/debian/changelog | sed 's/.*(.[^+-]*[+-]\(.*\)).*/\1/')
-svnrev=$(shell LANG=C svn info | grep Revision | cut -d: -f2| sed 's/ //g')
-
+in_svn_repo:= $(wildcard .svn/)
+ifeq ($(strip $(in_svn_repo)),)
+ svnrev=unknown
+else
+ svnrev=$(shell LANG=C svn info | grep Revision | cut -d: -f2| sed 's/ //g')
+endif
MINOR=-1
MINOR=-$(BRANCH)$(svnrev)+$(XDISTRIB)