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Debian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream version numbering.

Started bypeter green <plugwash@p10link.net>
First post2018-05-07 14:50 +0200
Last post2018-05-07 17:10 +0200
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  Debian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream version  numbering. peter green <plugwash@p10link.net> - 2018-05-07 14:50 +0200
    Re: Debian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream  version numbering. Ian Campbell <ijc@debian.org> - 2018-05-07 17:10 +0200

#60903 — Debian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream version numbering.

Frompeter green <plugwash@p10link.net>
Date2018-05-07 14:50 +0200
SubjectDebian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream version numbering.
Message-ID<vMNKy-1fX-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
Common practice for downstreams (whether complete derivatives or end users) is to version modified packages with a version number like

4.16.5-1+something1

Where "something" is the name of a project, the name of the person performing the modification etc.

Unfortunately with 4.16.5-1 of the kernel package such a version number is no longer accepted with the error message "Invalid debian linux version". It seems the cause of this was the following change.

      (?P<revision_other>
-        [^-]+
+        [^-+]+
      )

Reverting this change allowed me to get a succesful control files generation.

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#60906 — Re: Debian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream version numbering.

FromIan Campbell <ijc@debian.org>
Date2018-05-07 17:10 +0200
SubjectRe: Debian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream version numbering.
Message-ID<vMPW2-2Rn-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#60903
On Mon, 2018-05-07 at 13:36 +0100, peter green wrote:
> Common practice for downstreams (whether complete derivatives or end
> users) is to version modified packages with a version number like
> 
> 4.16.5-1+something1
> 
> Where "something" is the name of a project, the name of the person
> performing the modification etc.
> 
> Unfortunately with 4.16.5-1 of the kernel package such a version
> number is no longer accepted with the error message "Invalid debian
> linux version". It seems the cause of this was the following change.
> 
>       (?P<revision_other>
> -        [^-]+
> +        [^-+]+
>       )
> 
> Reverting this change allowed me to get a succesful control files
> generation.

This was also reported in #898087

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