{{{> I'm trying to get my package to depend on a specific upstream version of > another package and ignore the Debian component of the version string.
For the Mono packages we use this snippet to get the upstream version in debian/rules: VERSION = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | grep ^Vers | cut -d\ -f2) UPVERSION = $(shell echo $(VERSION) | sed 's,-.*,,') NEXT_UPVERSION = $(shell perl -e '$$_=pop; s/(\d+)$$/$$1+1/e; print' $(UPVERSION))
which is then passed to debian/control via: dh_gencontrol -i -- -Vmono:upversion=$(UPVERSION) -Vmono:next-upversion=$(NEXT_UPVERSION)
then ${mono:upversion} and ${mono:next-upversion} can be used in debian/control}}}