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Author: mark-vieira

.buildkite/dra-workflow.trigger.sh

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ EOF
       branch: "$BRANCH"
       env:
         DRA_WORKFLOW: staging
-        VERSION_QUALIFIER: "-alpha1"
+        VERSION_QUALIFIER: alpha1
 EOF
 	fi
 done

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set(DRIVER_BASE_NAME elasticodbc CACHE STRING
 
 # driver's version
 set(DRV_VERSION 9.0.0)
-set(VERSION_QUALIFIER $ENV{VERSION_QUALIFIER} CACHE STRING
+set(VERSION_QUALIFIER -$ENV{VERSION_QUALIFIER} CACHE STRING
 	"Extra string to append to the install directory name")
 
 # build a UNICODE driver? (the only supported way currently)