lib/buildrdeb/package.rb in buildrdeb-1.0.0 vs lib/buildrdeb/package.rb in buildrdeb-1.0.1

@@ -34,14 +34,19 @@
           raise "no control file was defined when packaging as a deb file" if filename == "control"
         else
           raise "Cannot find #{filename}: #{file} doesn't exist" if !File.exists? file
           target = File.join(root, "DEBIAN", filename)
           contents = File.read(file)
-          # Replace version if we are looking at control.
-          contents.gsub!(/^Version: .*$/, "Version: #{@version}") if (filename == "control" && !@version.nil?)
-          File.open(target, "w+") {|t|
-            t.write eval("\"#{contents}\"")
-          }
+          # Replace version and use ERB to evaluate the control file, in case there are variables to pass.
+          if (filename == "control" && !@version.nil?)
+            contents.gsub!(/^Version: .*$/, "Version: #{@version}") 
+            File.open(target, "w") {|t|
+              t.write ERB.new(contents).result
+            }
+          else
+            cp file.to_s, target
+          end
+          
           File.chmod 0755, target
         end
       end
       file_map.each do |path, content|
         _path = File.join(root, path)
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