kernel compile changelog error

[rolfbruge]

After numerous previous kernel compiles without problems, ran into this recent error. Anyone had this problem recently, and if so what does it mean?

sudo make bindeb-pkg -j2
  SYNC    include/config/auto.conf.cmd
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/confdata.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/expr.o
  LEX     scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.c
  YACC    scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.[ch]
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/menu.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/preprocess.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/symbol.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/util.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/conf
  GEN     debian
dpkg-buildpackage --build=binary --no-pre-clean --unsigned-changes -R'make -f debian/rules' -j1 -a$(cat debian/arch)
dpkg-buildpackage: warning:     debian/changelog(l2): found end of file where expected first heading
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fatal error occurred while parsing debian/changelog
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.package:121: bindeb-pkg] Error 255
make[1]: *** [/media/Ext2/kernel/linux-6.9.1/Makefile:1541: bindeb-pkg] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2

changelog info:

linux-upstream (6.9.1-5) urgency=low

  * Custom built Linux kernel.

 -- root <root@user>  Sun, 19 May 2024 21:43:27 -0300

[halogen2]

That changelog info is missing the distribution and following semicolon -

linux-upstream (6.9.1-5) DISTRIBUTION; urgency=low

  * Custom built Linux kernel.

 -- root <root@user>  Sun, 19 May 2024 21:43:27 -0300

In place of DISTRIBUTION put the output from running

lsb_release -cs

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