2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index dc3c5f9..c5978d1 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- handle RPM version with "beta" or "rc" in it
+
 Version 5.28 - 30 April 2020
 
 - actually support deps on patched Mageia[23]'s rpm-4.11
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 09d6704..0ce1e29 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ unless (eval { %cfg = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find("rpm >= $build_reqs{rpm}"); 1 })
 	exit 0;
 }
 my @rpm_version = split /\./, $cfg{modversion};
+$cfg{modversion} =~ s/(?:-(?:beta|rc).*)?$//i;
 open(my $FH, "> rpmversion.h") or die "Can't open rpmversion.h";
 print $FH "/* File generated by Makefile.PL\n";
 print $FH " */\n\n";