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1 | /* -*-c-*- |
| 2 | * | |
| 3 | * $Id$ | |
| 4 | * | |
| 5 | * Compare version numbers using the Debian algorithm | |
| 6 | * | |
| 7 | * (c) 2007 Straylight/Edgeware | |
| 8 | */ | |
| 9 | ||
| d4efbcd9 | 10 | /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------* |
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11 | * |
| 12 | * This file is part of the mLib utilities library. | |
| 13 | * | |
| 14 | * mLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
| 15 | * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as | |
| 16 | * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the | |
| 17 | * License, or (at your option) any later version. | |
| d4efbcd9 | 18 | * |
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19 | * mLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
| 20 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
| 21 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
| 22 | * GNU Library General Public License for more details. | |
| d4efbcd9 | 23 | * |
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24 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public |
| 25 | * License along with mLib; if not, write to the Free | |
| 26 | * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, | |
| 27 | * MA 02111-1307, USA. | |
| 28 | */ | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | #ifndef MLIB_VERSIONCMP_H | |
| 31 | #define MLIB_VERSIONCMP_H | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | #ifdef __cplusplus | |
| 34 | extern "C" { | |
| 35 | #endif | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/ | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | /* --- @versioncmp@ --- * | |
| 40 | * | |
| 41 | * Arguments: @const char *va, *vb@ = two version strings | |
| 42 | * | |
| 43 | * Returns: Less than, equal to, or greater than zero, according to | |
| 44 | * whether @va@ is less than, equal to, or greater than @vb@. | |
| 45 | * | |
| 46 | * Use: Compares version number strings. | |
| 47 | * | |
| 48 | * The algorithm is an extension of the Debian version | |
| 49 | * comparison algorithm. A version number consists of three | |
| 50 | * components: | |
| 51 | * | |
| 52 | * [EPOCH :] MAIN [- SUB] | |
| 53 | * | |
| 54 | * The MAIN part may contain colons or hyphens if there is an | |
| 55 | * EPOCH or SUB, respectively. Version strings are compared | |
| 56 | * componentwise: first epochs, then main parts, and finally | |
| 57 | * subparts. | |
| 58 | * | |
| 59 | * The component comparison is done as follows. First, the | |
| 60 | * initial subsequence of nondigit characters is extracted from | |
| 61 | * each string, and these are compared lexicographically, using | |
| 62 | * ASCII ordering, except that letters precede non-letters. If | |
| 63 | * both are the same, an initial sequence of digits is extracted | |
| 64 | * from the remaining parts of the version strings, and these | |
| 65 | * are compared numerically (an empty sequence being considered | |
| 66 | * to have the value zero). This process is repeated until we | |
| 67 | * have a winner or until both strings are exhausted. | |
| 68 | */ | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | extern int versioncmp(const char */*va*/, const char */*vb*/); | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/ | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | #ifdef __cplusplus | |
| 75 | } | |
| 76 | #endif | |
| 77 | ||
| 78 | #endif |