Fix mkdeb to accomodate new pkg/VERSION file format

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/trunk@4110 9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/buildtools/debian/mkdeb b/buildtools/debian/mkdeb
index b152a78d..6c475530 100755
--- a/buildtools/debian/mkdeb
+++ b/buildtools/debian/mkdeb
@@ -89,13 +89,7 @@ sub netpbmVersion($) {
     } else {
         my $version = <VERSION>;
         chomp($version);
-
-        if ($version =~ m{^Netpbm (\S*)}) {
-            my ($versionNumber) = ($1);
-            $retval = $versionNumber;
-        } else {
-            die("Can't understand format of '$versionFileName': '$version'");
-        }
+        $retval = $version;
         close(VERSION);
     }
 
diff --git a/doc/HISTORY b/doc/HISTORY
index f9e4f2cd..1dd29909 100644
--- a/doc/HISTORY
+++ b/doc/HISTORY
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ not yet  BJH  Release 10.95.00
               in Netpbm 10.78 (March 2017).  Thanks Claes Nästén
               (pekdon@gmail.com).
 
+              Mkdeb: fix failure with message about unrecognized format of
+              VERSION file.  Introduced in Netpbm 10.90 (March 2020).
+
 21.03.27 BJH  Release 10.94.00
 
               Add pamhomography:  Thanks Scott Pakin.
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ not yet  BJH  Release 10.95.00
               won't accept it.
 
               Install: Use e.g. "10.90.00" for version in pkg-config and
-              config file, intead of e.g. "Netpbm 10.90.00".
+              config file, instead of e.g. "Netpbm 10.90.00".
 
 19.12.29 BJH  Release 10.89.00