{"record":{"id":"4628bfccf77d318b","repo":"puppetlabs/puppet","slug":"unable-to-parse-ver-as-a-string","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Unable to parse '#{ver}' as a string","messagePattern":"Unable to parse '#(.+?)' as a string","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"ValidationFailure","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/puppet/util/package/version/debian.rb","lineNumber":20,"sourceCode":"\nmodule Puppet::Util::Package::Version\n  class Debian < Numeric\n    include Comparable\n\n    # Version string matching regexes\n    REGEX_EPOCH = '(?:([0-9]+):)?'\n    # alphanumerics and the characters . + - ~ , starts with a digit, ~ only of debian_revision is present\n    REGEX_UPSTREAM_VERSION = '([\\.\\+~0-9a-zA-Z-]+?)'\n    # alphanumerics and the characters + . ~\n    REGEX_DEBIAN_REVISION = '(?:-([\\.\\+~0-9a-zA-Z]*))?'\n\n    REGEX_FULL    = REGEX_EPOCH + REGEX_UPSTREAM_VERSION + REGEX_DEBIAN_REVISION.freeze\n    REGEX_FULL_RX = /\\A#{REGEX_FULL}\\Z/\n\n    class ValidationFailure < ArgumentError; end\n\n    def self.parse(ver)\n      raise ValidationFailure, \"Unable to parse '#{ver}' as a string\" unless ver.is_a?(String)\n\n      match, epoch, upstream_version, debian_revision = *ver.match(REGEX_FULL_RX)\n\n      raise ValidationFailure, \"Unable to parse '#{ver}' as a debian version identifier\" unless match\n\n      new(epoch.to_i, upstream_version, debian_revision).freeze\n    end\n\n    def to_s\n      s = @upstream_version\n      s = \"#{@epoch}:#{s}\" if @epoch != 0\n      s = \"#{s}-#{@debian_revision}\" if @debian_revision\n      s\n    end\n    alias inspect to_s\n\n    def eql?(other)\n      other.is_a?(self.class) &&","sourceCodeStart":2,"sourceCodeEnd":38,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/e227c27540975c25aa22d533a52424a9d2fc886a/lib/puppet/util/package/version/debian.rb#L2-L38","documentation":"Error \"Unable to parse '#{ver}' as a string\" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/puppet/util/package/version/debian.rb:20 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"e227c27540975c25aa22d533a52424a9d2fc886a","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T20:49:46.650Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T23:17:16.201Z"}