packaging: modify rc detection to work with X.Yrc instead of X.Y-rc
rc detection on CentOS failed without this change,
resulting in upgrades from 4.9rc to 4.9 not working
(4.9rc was considered more recent than 4.9).
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5876
Mercurial
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Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.
Basic install::
$ make # see install targets
$ make install # do a system-wide install
$ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
$ hg # see help
Running without installing::
$ make local # build for inplace usage
$ ./hg --version # should show the latest version
See https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.