Package: devscripts
Version: 2.9.26
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hello,
~ is a valid (and sometimes needed) character in versions. Please
support it. The attached patch adds support for it to dch -d command.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-2-amd64
Locale: LANG=lt_LT, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT (charmap=ISO-8859-13)
Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii debianutils 2.17.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg-dev 1.13.24 package building tools for Debian
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.5-1 The GNU sed stream editor
Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii fakeroot 1.5.10 Gives a fake root environment
-- no debconf information
--- /usr/bin/dch.orig 2006-11-24 12:06:17.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/bin/dch 2006-11-24 12:06:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
} else {
my $pwd = basename(cwd());
# The directory name should be <package>-<version>
- my $version_chars = '0-9a-zA-Z+\.';
+ my $version_chars = '0-9a-zA-Z+\.~';
$version_chars .= ':' if defined $EPOCH;
$version_chars .= '\-' if $UVERSION ne $SVERSION;
if ($pwd =~ m/^\Q$PACKAGE\E-([0-9][$version_chars]*)$/) {
