[Bug 707749] Re: ValueError: Invalid version string

[bjv]

Encountered with usb-creator on 10.10

workaround with unetbootin as alternative did do the trick.

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Title:
  ValueError: Invalid version string

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: usb-creator

  install.mangle_syslinux misuses debian_support.Version to compare
  release versions against each other. This can cause an unexpected
  exception (ValueError: Invalid version string %s) if the value it
  retrieves from .disk/info isn't a valid version for a Debian package.

  usb-creator either should stop abusing debian_support.Version and/or
  catch this exception and set target_os_ver to None.

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