Failing to build packages: Invalid version (double separator '-')

[ghost]

Hello,
I have an issue while trying to build the spl deb/rpm packages. I am getting an error that says error: line 68: Invalid version (double separator '-'). I found same issue regarding this error under zfs itself openzfs/zfs#2369. But my error was not solved by removing all installed zfs/spl packages. I am trying to build from master under Linux 4.14.2-1 running a Debian. I am attaching the build log. My gcc is gcc (Debian 7.2.0-18) 7.2.0 and RPM is RPM version 4.14.0.
Thank you in advance.

[ZeroPain]

i have the same problem on the newest ubuntu bionic or something what i did to fix it was go grab these packages from artful "prev version" and install them and it fixed my problem.

debugedit_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
librpmbuild3_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
librpmsign3_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
rpm-common_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
librpmbuild3_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
rpm2cpio_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
llibrpm3_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
librpmio3_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
rpm_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb

This is a issue with looks like rpm 4.14 and above don't know what the zfs guy can do about it only soultion other then manually building rpm and alien i could figure out. I hope this help anyone been bugging me for days

[ghost]

Yes, I tough it might be something in RPM itself but I was not sure. So I went upstream by just one step.
Maybe something needs to be adapted to match 4.14? But I do not know much about RPM.

But downgrading seems to work nicely. Thank you very much for suggesting it.

I went with these on Debian:

debugedit=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
librpm3=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
librpmbuild3=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
librpmbuild3=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
librpmio3=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
librpmsign3=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
rpm-common=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
rpm2cpio=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
rpm=4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2

[ntphx]

Still happening on Debian Testing as of 02/03/2018

[doubleddav]

I got the same thing on Ubuntu Artful, but got it all working in the end. The only thing I did differently was not use dkms.

I think the documentation here is incorrect: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/wiki/Custom-Packages#kmod-rpm-and-deb

After compiling spl and creating the debs, you're asked to install all of the generated debs. Install all of them EXCEPT spl-dkms_*.deb - dkms is for rpm distros, not Ubuntu.

Once you compile zfs and generate debs, install all of them EXCEPT zfs-dkms_*.deb

[ghost]

But how do you install the packages if they refuse to be build due to this error @doubleddav ?

[ghost]

Thank you @loli10K this saves load of headaches 👍