Use regex matching for version provides:

This makes out-of-order uploading of users and providers of future
versions of these smoother.

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/calm/package.py b/calm/package.py
index 9bcaf04..f60c238 100755
--- a/calm/package.py
+++ b/calm/package.py
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ def validate_packages(args, packages, valid_provides_extra=None, missing_obsolet
 
                         # all packages listed in a hint must exist (unless the
                         # disable-check option says that's ok)
-                        if (r not in valid) and (r not in past_mistakes.nonexistent_provides + past_mistakes.expired_provides):
+                        if (r not in valid) and (r not in past_mistakes.expired_provides) and (not any(re.match(nep, r) for nep in past_mistakes.nonexistent_provides)):
                             if okmissing not in getattr(args, 'disable_check', []):
                                 logging.error("package '%s' version '%s' %s: '%s', but nothing satisfies that" % (p, v, c, r))
                                 error = True
diff --git a/calm/past_mistakes.py b/calm/past_mistakes.py
index e1b90e1..b09fa00 100644
--- a/calm/past_mistakes.py
+++ b/calm/past_mistakes.py
@@ -152,19 +152,27 @@ missing_obsolete = {
     'xfig-debuginfo': ['transfig-debuginfo'],     # contain conflicting files
 }
 
-# provides: which don't exist
-nonexistent_provides = [
-    '_windows',
-    'perl5_026',
+# historical provides
+#
+# something obsoletes these, but they were removed before we started remembering
+# all historic_package_names
+historical_provides = [
     'rdiff-debuginfo',
     'rxvt-unicode-X-debuginfo',
     'xfce4-mixer-debuginfo',
     'python3-dbus-debuginfo',
-    'tl_2023',
-    'tl_basic_2023',
-    'ruby_23',
-    'ruby_22',
-    'ruby_20',
+]
+
+# provides: which don't exist
+#
+# we use regex patterns to match version provides which might have been expired,
+# or not uploaded yet.
+nonexistent_provides = historical_provides + [
+    '_windows',
+    r'perl5_\d+',
+    r'ruby_\d+',
+    r'tl_\d+',
+    r'tl_basic_\d+',
 ]
 
 # provides: which don't exist and packages which require them should be expired