in lib/omnibus/packagers/deb.rb [531:564]
def safe_version
version = project.build_version.dup
if version =~ /\-/
converted = version.tr("-", "~")
log.warn(log_key) do
"Dashes hold special significance in the Debian package versions. " \
"Versions that contain a dash and should be considered an earlier " \
"version (e.g. pre-releases) may actually be ordered as later " \
"(e.g. 12.0.0-rc.6 > 12.0.0). We'll work around this by replacing " \
"dashes (-) with tildes (~). Converting `#{project.build_version}' " \
"to `#{converted}'."
end
version = converted
end
if version =~ /\A[a-zA-Z0-9\.\+\:\~]+\z/
version
else
converted = version.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\.\+\:\~]+/, "_")
log.warn(log_key) do
"The `version' component of Debian package names can only include " \
"alphabetical characters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), dots (.), " \
"plus signs (+), dashes (-), tildes (~) and colons (:). Converting " \
"`#{project.build_version}' to `#{converted}'."
end
converted
end
end