diff --git a/Make/makedefs b/Make/makedefs
index 130c368d1..b4ad3d35d 100644
--- a/Make/makedefs
+++ b/Make/makedefs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MAKEDEPEND = ignore
 VERSION_MAJOR    = 0
 VERSION_MINOR    = 9
 VERSION_RELEASE  = 8
-VERSION_REVISION ?= 0
+VERSION_REVISION ?= 2
 ifneq (,$(OSG_VERSION_REVISION))
 VERSION_REVISION = $(OSG_VERSION_REVISION)
 endif
diff --git a/Make/makerpms b/Make/makerpms
index c75df5ed6..2d791db25 100644
--- a/Make/makerpms
+++ b/Make/makerpms
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ make_osg_dev()
     mv /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/OpenSceneGraph_dev-$REV-$REL.i386.rpm dist/RPM
 }
 
+echo "The current $0 script is broken and needs to be updated."
+exit 1
+
 if [ "`whoami`" != "root" ] 
 then
     echo
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ shift;shift; shift;shift; shift;shift; shift;shift;
 INST_DOC=$1
 INST_DATA=$2
 
-REV="`make version`"
+REV="`make -s version`"
 [ -z "$REV" ] && die  "makerpm: requires a functional $TOPDIR/bin/osgversion"
 
 REL=1