#885437 debsnap: fails when an old version uses a now-invalid version number

Package:
devscripts
Source:
devscripts
Description:
scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Submitter:
Marvin Renich
Date:
2017-12-27 03:57:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#885437#5
Date:
2017-12-27 03:54:24 UTC
From:
To:
If a package has in the past used a version number that is no longer
valid, debsnap cannot download any version of that package.

$ debsnap --binary -d . -a amd64 libnspr4 2:4.16-1
debsnap: error: M18-3 is not a valid version

According to snapshot.debian.org, in 2009 libnspr4 was built from source
package mozilla version M18-3.  This is no longer a valid Debian version
number, but was then(?).  debsnap cannot download a recent version of
this package because the available-version information from snapshot.d.o
contains a version number that debsnap doesn't know how to handle.

...Marvin
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