Index: lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestCheckIndex.java
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--- lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestCheckIndex.java	(revision 1518327)
+++ lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestCheckIndex.java	(working copy)
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@
 
   public void testLuceneConstantVersion() throws IOException {
     // common-build.xml sets lucene.version
-    final String version = System.getProperty("lucene.version");
+    String version = System.getProperty("lucene.version");
     assertNotNull( "null version", version);
+    // remove anything after a "-" from the version string:
+    version = version.replaceAll("\\-.*$", "");
     final String constantVersion;
     String parts[] = Constants.LUCENE_MAIN_VERSION.split("\\.");
     if (parts.length == 4) {
@@ -130,7 +132,6 @@
       constantVersion = Constants.LUCENE_MAIN_VERSION;
     }
     assertTrue("Invalid version: "+version,
-               version.equals(constantVersion+"-SNAPSHOT") ||
                version.equals(constantVersion));
     assertTrue(Constants.LUCENE_VERSION + " should start with: "+version,
                Constants.LUCENE_VERSION.startsWith(version));