[devscripts] 04/06: debchange: twak the "automatic set targe distribution" regex so it can matches also backports

[Mattia Rizzolo]

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 10:46:35AM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> I think it was actually correct, if you follow through the logic from
> the parent block.
> 
> The version is parsed as:
> 
> 	$VERSION =~ /(.*?)([a-yA-Y][a-zA-Z]*|\d+)([+~])?$/i;
> 
> with $start being set to the first captured group. Some quick testing
> indicates that this results in, for example:
> 
>     1.2-3+deb9u1 => 1.2-3+deb9u

Oh, wow.

Thank you.
So, I've now removed the \d+ from the $previus_dist regex again

>     (Whether that's logical is an entirely different question.)

I suppose somebody had a good reason to write 75 lines of magic between
$VERSION and $previous_dist....

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