2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 45713d7f02b1..f70a73901a9c 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Generated by mksrcinfo v8
-# Wed Sep 20 19:28:17 UTC 2017
+# Mon Sep 25 19:37:20 UTC 2017
 pkgbase = ardour_stable-git
 	pkgdesc = A multichannel hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation. Latest stable release from git.
 	pkgver = 5.12
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 3a57de324fca..6ae56e007dd3 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ md5sums=('SKIP'
 
 pkgver() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-*}"
-  
   #get the latest release without commit
-  git describe --abbrev=0
+  #git describe --abbrev=0
+  
+  #the 6.0-pre0 tag breaks the detection of the pkgversion.
+  #Hard coding version as a workaroud to fix the build until a better way is found (which defeats the purpose of this package).
+  echo "5.12"  
 }
 
 build() {