scripting/regex help

Here's a scripting problem I could use some help with.

I have a variable x=qmail-toaster-1.2.9-1.3.1.src.rpm

I want a variable y=qmail-toaster

I'm thinking that to get from x to y, I need to strip -*-*.src.rpm off
the end. How do I do that? (or is there a better way?)

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-Eric 'shubes'
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