Roland Rosenfeld <[email protected]> writes: > Package: dh-elpa > Version: 2.0.2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > trying to build lbdb with version 0.49+foo fails when calling > dh_elpa with the following message: > > dh_elpa > Invalid version syntax: `0.49+foo' > dh_elpa: emacs -batch -Q -l package --eval (add-to-list > 'package-directory-list "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa") --eval > (add-to-list 'package-directory-list "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src") > -f package-initialize -l dh-elpa.el -f dhelpa-batch-install-directory > debian/elpa-lbdb//usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src > /build/lbdb-0.49+foo/debian/.debhelper/elpa/lbdb > /build/lbdb-0.49+foo/debian/.debhelper/elpa 1552316645 returned exit code 255 > make: *** [debian/rules:15: binary] Error 255 >
Emacs has stricter requirements for versions than debian policy. You can specify the "elpa version" seperately if needed. There is some discussion under HINTS in dh_elpa(1). Is +foo really specified by upstream, or is it standing in for something else? See the docstring for the emacs function version-to-list for acceptable formats. In particulur 20191215git3 should work for the third git snapshot of today. d
