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Re: module request: comparing version numbers
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: module request: comparing version numbers |
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Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:09:43 -0700 |
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Sam Steingold <address@hidden> writes:
> On 6/17/10, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Are you talking about version comparisons at m4 time (if so, is
>> m4_version_compare from autoconf adequate?), at shell time (if so, is
>> AS_VERSION_COMPARE from autoconf adequate?), or in your executable (if
>> so, is either the strverscmp or filevercmp module adequate?).
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> at shell time, but not in configure.
> I have a shell file foo.in which is processed by configure using
> AC_CONFIG_FILES, and I want to be able to compare versions there.
You could write your shell file in M4sh and use
AS_VERSION_COMPARE.
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Ben Pfaff
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