diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/ModuleDetailsImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/ModuleDetailsImpl.java
index b333ebc671..bf862b72d9 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/ModuleDetailsImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/ModuleDetailsImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Alfresco Software Limited.
  *
  * This file is part of Alfresco
  *
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.module.ModuleInstallState;
 import org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.ISO8601DateFormat;
 import org.alfresco.util.Pair;
 import org.alfresco.util.VersionNumber;
+import org.alfresco.repo.module.tool.LogOutput;
 
 /**
  * Module details implementation.
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public class ModuleDetailsImpl implements ModuleDetails
     private List<ModuleDependency> dependencies;
     private Date installDate;
     private ModuleInstallState installState;
+    private LogOutput log;
     
     /**
      * Private constructor to set default values.
@@ -79,9 +81,23 @@ public class ModuleDetailsImpl implements ModuleDetails
      * @param properties        the set of properties
      */
     public ModuleDetailsImpl(Properties properties)
+    {
+        this(properties, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the instance from a set of properties.  All the property values are trimmed
+     * and empty string values are removed from the set.  In other words, zero length or
+     * whitespace strings are not supported.
+     * 
+     * @param properties        the set of properties
+     * @param log               logger
+     */
+    public ModuleDetailsImpl(Properties properties, LogOutput log)
     {
         // Set defaults
         this();
+        this.log = log;
         // Copy the properties so they don't get modified
         Properties trimmedProperties = new Properties();
         // Trim all the property values
@@ -155,6 +171,15 @@ public class ModuleDetailsImpl implements ModuleDetails
             try
             {
                 repoVersionMin = new VersionNumber(trimmedProperties.getProperty(PROP_REPO_VERSION_MIN));
+                int[] parts = repoVersionMin.getParts();
+                if (parts.length > 3)
+                {
+                    repoVersionMin = new VersionNumber(parts[0] + "." + parts[1] + "." + parts[2]);
+                    if (log != null)
+                    {
+                        log.info("WARNING: version.label from repoVersionMin is ignored.");
+                    }
+                }
             }
             catch (Throwable t)
             {
@@ -167,6 +192,15 @@ public class ModuleDetailsImpl implements ModuleDetails
             try
             {
                 repoVersionMax = new VersionNumber(trimmedProperties.getProperty(PROP_REPO_VERSION_MAX));
+                int[] parts = repoVersionMax.getParts();
+                if (parts.length > 3)
+                {
+                    repoVersionMax = new VersionNumber(parts[0] + "." + parts[1] + "." + parts[2]);
+                    if (log != null)
+                    {
+                        log.info("WARNING: version.label from repoVersionMax is ignored.");
+                    }
+                }
             }
             catch (Throwable t)
             {
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/tool/ModuleDetailsHelper.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/tool/ModuleDetailsHelper.java
index 4bb4d66404..edb20219cb 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/tool/ModuleDetailsHelper.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/tool/ModuleDetailsHelper.java
@@ -45,12 +45,23 @@ public class ModuleDetailsHelper
      * @return                  Returns the initialized module details
      */
     public static ModuleDetails createModuleDetailsFromPropertiesStream(InputStream is) throws IOException
+    {
+        return createModuleDetailsFromPropertiesStream(is, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory method to create module details from a stream of a properties file
+     * @param is                the properties input stream, which will be closed during the call
+     * @param log               logger
+     * @return                  Returns the initialized module details
+     */
+    public static ModuleDetails createModuleDetailsFromPropertiesStream(InputStream is, LogOutput log) throws IOException
     {
         try
         {
             Properties properties = new Properties();
             properties.load(is);
-            return new ModuleDetailsImpl(properties);
+            return new ModuleDetailsImpl(properties, log);
         }
         finally
         {
@@ -66,6 +77,19 @@ public class ModuleDetailsHelper
      * @throws IOException 
      */
     public static ModuleDetails createModuleDetailsFromPropertyLocation(String location) throws IOException
+    {
+        return createModuleDetailsFromPropertyLocation(location, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a module details helper object based on a file location.
+     * 
+     * @param location  file location
+     * @param log       logger
+     * @return          Returns the module details or null if the location points to nothing
+     * @throws IOException 
+     */
+    public static ModuleDetails createModuleDetailsFromPropertyLocation(String location, LogOutput log) throws IOException
     {
         ModuleDetails result = null;
         TFileInputStream is;
@@ -82,7 +106,7 @@ public class ModuleDetailsHelper
 
         try
         {
-            result = createModuleDetailsFromPropertiesStream(is);
+            result = createModuleDetailsFromPropertiesStream(is, log);
         }
         catch (IOException exception)
         {
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/tool/ModuleManagementTool.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/tool/ModuleManagementTool.java
index fb2a973c4f..266d054733 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/tool/ModuleManagementTool.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/tool/ModuleManagementTool.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class ModuleManagementTool implements LogOutput
             
             // Get the details of the installing module
             String propertiesLocation = ampFileLocation + "/module.properties";
-            ModuleDetails installingModuleDetails = ModuleDetailsHelper.createModuleDetailsFromPropertyLocation(propertiesLocation);
+            ModuleDetails installingModuleDetails = ModuleDetailsHelper.createModuleDetailsFromPropertyLocation(propertiesLocation, this);
             if (installingModuleDetails == null)
             {
                 throw new ModuleManagementToolException("No module.properties file has been found in the installing .amp file '" + ampFileLocation + "'");