Handling a - in a version number

[Paul Howarth]

Paul F. Johnson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get a spec file together for a package which includes a -
> in the package version (2.0-0.10). When I put that into a spec file,
> rpmbuild complains and exits. Is there a way to get around this?

You need to use something other than a "-", such as a "_"

> I have defined version as 2.0 and added a macro for 0.10 for the source
> code line, but obviously, when that gets untar'd, only the 2.0 is used.

What's the name of the tarball, and what's the name of the directory it 
extracts into?

Paul.