Build failure on Ubuntu: "Debian revision (`ea') doesn't contain any digits"

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2011/10/13 14:17 -0700, jesse.glick at oracle.com:
> Building the Jigsaw forest (updated as of today) on Ubuntu 10.04 fails for me after half an hour with
> ....
> Creating module file jdk.jre at 8-ea.jmod for jdk.jre
> ....
> 	done
> Creating binary Debian package for jdk.boot
> Failed to create package dpkg-deb - error: Debian revision (`ea') doesn't contain any digits
> ....
> Creating binary Debian package for jdk.jre
> Failed to create package dpkg-deb - error: Debian revision (`ea') doesn't contain any digits
> make[2]: *** [deb-pkgs] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `.../jigsaw/jdk/make'
> make[1]: *** [jdk-build] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `.../jigsaw'
> make: *** [build_product_image] Error 2
> 
> Some bug in jpkg, or in the makefile invoking it?

Both.  We already know we need to fix this -- the EA version numbers
we're using don't translate to Debian.

- Mark