#2552: VERSION option in configuration.ccl is overly restrictive in allowed characters - Trac

9 Aug 2021


      #2552: VERSION option in configuration.ccl is overly restrictive in allowed characters
Reporter: Roland Haas
   Status: new
Milestone: 
  Version: development version
     Type: bug
 Priority: minor
Component:
I have a file `configuration.ccl` like so:
```
# Configuration definitions for thorn CMake
PROVIDES CMake
{
  SCRIPT src/detect.sh
  LANG bash
  VERSION 3.15.0
  OPTIONS CMAKE_DIR CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR
}
```
and CST fails with:
```
CST error in /data/rhaas/postdoc/gr/cactus/CactusAMReX/arrangements/ExternalLibraries/CMake/configuration.ccl (at 7)
  -> SYNTAX ERROR
     HINT: ERROR ON LINE 7:
  SCRIPT src/detect.sh
  LANG bash
  VERSION 3.15.0
           ^
           | here
FOUND CHARACTER: '.'
EXPECTED CHARACTER(S): '-', '0' to '9', 'A' to 'Z', '', '_', 'a' to 'z', '}'
```
ie the dot “.” is not allowed in version strings. Since these were modeled (somewhat) after Debian version numbers, here’s an example of one of those `2:3.6.19-1~bpo70+1+b1` and [https://manpages.debian.org/buster/dpkg-dev/deb-version.7.en.html%5D(https:/...) for their definition (upstream version could be any string, really).
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Ticket URL: https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2552/version-option-in-...