[Pkg-rpm-devel] Bug#833122: dpkg: warning: version 'rpmlint' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit

[Paul Wise]

Package: rpmlint
Version: 1.9-2
Severity: normal

During the recent upgrade to rpmlint 1.9-2 I got this dpkg warning:

...
Preparing to unpack .../archives/rpmlint_1.9-2_all.deb ...
dpkg: warning: version 'rpmlint' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
Unpacking rpmlint (1.9-2) over (1.9-1) ...
...
Setting up rpmlint (1.9-2) ...
...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (900, 'testing-debug'), (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable-debug'), (800, 'unstable'), (790, 'buildd-unstable'), (700, 'experimental-debug'), (700, 'experimental'), (690, 'buildd-experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages rpmlint depends on:
ii  binutils            2.26.1-1
ii  bzip2               1.0.6-8
ii  cpio                2.11+dfsg-5
ii  desktop-file-utils  0.23-1
ii  dpkg                1.18.9
ii  python-rpm          4.12.0.1+dfsg1-4
pn  python:any          <none>
ii  rpm2cpio            4.12.0.1+dfsg1-4

Versions of packages rpmlint recommends:
ii  groff-base      1.22.3-8
pn  python-enchant  <none>
ii  python-magic    1:5.28-2
ii  rpm             4.12.0.1+dfsg1-4

rpmlint suggests no packages.

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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