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Sed scripts to generate package version

Asked by Javier Collado on 2011-04-20

In the case in which the package requires a more advanced new version generation, it would be nice to be able to provide a small sed script that takes as input the version in debian/changelog and prints the new version with substitution variables as output.

For example, if the version is something like:
0.2-0ubuntu1

and it's expected to replace ubuntu with the target distribution (see question #153569) and the branch revision number is to be added as suffix, a sed script like the following would do the job:
s/ubuntu/{distro}/;s/$/~rev{revno}/

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: bzr-builder Edit question

Assignee:: No assignee Edit question

Solved by:: Jelmer Vernooij

Solved:: 2011-04-27

Last query:: 2011-04-27

Last reply:: 2011-04-27

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Javier Collado (javier.collado) said on 2011-04-20:

I've tried a couple of recipes and I've seen that the target distribution is added anyway to the changelog version. Anyway, I'd like
have more control on this so that I can add it to whatever place I prefer (not necessarily at the end).