[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#848608: dkms: bogus warning: version 'xxx\nyyy' has bad syntax: invalid character in version number

[Adam Borowski]

Package: dkms
Version: 2.3-1
Severity: normal

Hi!
When doing any package installation that involves dkms building new modules,
I get the following message:

dpkg: warning: version '4.8.15+
4.9.0-debug3+' has bad syntax: invalid character in version number
dpkg: warning: version '4.8.15+
4.9.0-debug3+' has bad syntax: invalid character in version number

As you can see, both version numbers are concatenated with a \n in between.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.15+ (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages dkms depends on:
ii  build-essential  12.2
ii  coreutils        8.26-1
ii  dpkg-dev         1.18.16
ii  gcc              4:6.2.1-1
ii  kmod             23-1
ii  make             4.1-9
ii  patch            2.7.5-1

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot                                     1.21-3
ii  linux-headers-4.8.15+ [linux-headers]        4.8.15+-1
ii  linux-headers-4.9.0-debug3+ [linux-headers]  4.9.0-debug3+-2
pn  sudo                                         <none>

Versions of packages dkms suggests:
pn  menu            <none>
pn  python3-apport  <none>

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