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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import jdk.jpackage.test.PackageType;
+import jdk.jpackage.test.PackageTest;
+import jdk.jpackage.test.TKit;
+
+
+/**
+ * Test --linux-app-release parameter. Output of the test should be
+ * releasetest_1.0-Rc3_amd64.deb or releasetest-1.0-Rc3.amd64.rpm package
+ * bundle. The output package should provide the same functionality as the
+ * default package.
+ *
+ * deb:
+ * Version property of the package should end with -Rc3 substring.
+ *
+ * rpm:
+ * Release property of the package should be set to Rc3 value.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary jpackage with --linux-app-release
+ * @library ../helpers
+ * @key jpackagePlatformPackage
+ * @build jdk.jpackage.test.*
+ * @requires (os.family == "linux")
+ * @modules jdk.incubator.jpackage/jdk.incubator.jpackage.internal
+ * @run main/othervm/timeout=360 -Xmx512m ReleaseTest
+ */
+public class ReleaseTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        final String RELEASE = "Rc3";
+
+        TKit.run(args, () -> {
+            new PackageTest()
+            .forTypes(PackageType.LINUX)
+            .configureHelloApp()
+            .addInitializer(cmd -> {
+                cmd.addArguments("--linux-app-release", RELEASE);
+            })
+            .forTypes(PackageType.LINUX_RPM)
+            .addBundlePropertyVerifier("Release", RELEASE)
+            .forTypes(PackageType.LINUX_DEB)
+            .addBundlePropertyVerifier("Version", (propName, propValue) -> {
+                TKit.assertTrue(propValue.endsWith("-" + RELEASE),
+                        String.format("Check value of %s property [%s] ends with %s",
+                                propName, propValue, RELEASE));
+            })
+            .run();
+        });
+    }
+}