Version constraint for Composer 1 does not allow ACF 5.10.x to update

[srsimonson]

This issue here:
PhilippBaschke/acf-pro-installer#47

also exists for ffraenz/private-composer-installer when using Composer 1. I got the same error message:

[UnexpectedValueException]
The version constraint of advanced-custom-fields/advanced-custom-fields-pro should be exact (with 3 or 4 digits). Invalid version string "5.10.1"

Updating to Composer 2 does not have this issue.

If using Composer 1, this solution works for philippbaschke, but since ffraenz's isn't acf-pro exclusive, the same solution doesn't look like it applies.
PhilippBaschke/acf-pro-installer@13ec41e

[szepeviktor]

Please issue PLUGIN_ACF_KEY='ADD_YOUR_KEY_HERE' composer update with this simple content.

{
    "name": "private-composer-installer/issue-43",
    "description": "https://github.com/ffraenz/private-composer-installer/issues/43",
    "license": "proprietary",
    "require": {
        "advanced-custom-fields/advanced-custom-fields-pro": "^5.10"
    },
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "package",
            "package": {
                "name": "advanced-custom-fields/advanced-custom-fields-pro",
                "version": "5.10.1",
                "type": "wordpress-plugin",
                "dist": {
                    "type": "zip",
                    "url": "https://connect.advancedcustomfields.com/index.php?a=download&p=pro&k={%PLUGIN_ACF_KEY}&t={%VERSION}"
                },
                "require": {
                    "composer/installers": "^1.4",
                    "ffraenz/private-composer-installer": "^5.0"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

It works with Composer v1 (latest) on PHP 7.4.

[ffraenz]

I'm not sure where the error message would originate from. I'm not aware of any version validation logic in this plugin similar to this function. As arbitrary packages may be used, any version gets accepted.

[srsimonson]

Thanks for the responses. I'll revisit the package updates and make sure I converted from philippbaschke properly.

... Composer 1 updates worked, my error! Powershell error stated something like philippbaschke was still being referenced in cache, so I hadn't fully removed it from my system.