| 1 | /* -*-c-*- |
| 2 | * |
| 3 | * Compare version numbers using the Debian algorithm |
| 4 | * |
| 5 | * (c) 2007 Straylight/Edgeware |
| 6 | */ |
| 7 | |
| 8 | /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------* |
| 9 | * |
| 10 | * This file is part of the mLib utilities library. |
| 11 | * |
| 12 | * mLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
| 13 | * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as |
| 14 | * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the |
| 15 | * License, or (at your option) any later version. |
| 16 | * |
| 17 | * mLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
| 18 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
| 19 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
| 20 | * GNU Library General Public License for more details. |
| 21 | * |
| 22 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public |
| 23 | * License along with mLib; if not, write to the Free |
| 24 | * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, |
| 25 | * MA 02111-1307, USA. |
| 26 | */ |
| 27 | |
| 28 | #ifndef MLIB_VERSIONCMP_H |
| 29 | #define MLIB_VERSIONCMP_H |
| 30 | |
| 31 | #ifdef __cplusplus |
| 32 | extern "C" { |
| 33 | #endif |
| 34 | |
| 35 | /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/ |
| 36 | |
| 37 | /* --- @versioncmp@ --- * |
| 38 | * |
| 39 | * Arguments: @const char *va, *vb@ = two version strings |
| 40 | * |
| 41 | * Returns: Less than, equal to, or greater than zero, according to |
| 42 | * whether @va@ is less than, equal to, or greater than @vb@. |
| 43 | * |
| 44 | * Use: Compares version number strings. |
| 45 | * |
| 46 | * The algorithm is an extension of the Debian version |
| 47 | * comparison algorithm. A version number consists of three |
| 48 | * components: |
| 49 | * |
| 50 | * [EPOCH :] MAIN [- SUB] |
| 51 | * |
| 52 | * The MAIN part may contain colons or hyphens if there is an |
| 53 | * EPOCH or SUB, respectively. Version strings are compared |
| 54 | * componentwise: first epochs, then main parts, and finally |
| 55 | * subparts. |
| 56 | * |
| 57 | * The component comparison is done as follows. First, the |
| 58 | * initial subsequence of nondigit characters is extracted from |
| 59 | * each string, and these are compared lexicographically, using |
| 60 | * ASCII ordering, except that letters precede non-letters. If |
| 61 | * both are the same, an initial sequence of digits is extracted |
| 62 | * from the remaining parts of the version strings, and these |
| 63 | * are compared numerically (an empty sequence being considered |
| 64 | * to have the value zero). This process is repeated until we |
| 65 | * have a winner or until both strings are exhausted. |
| 66 | */ |
| 67 | |
| 68 | extern int versioncmp(const char */*va*/, const char */*vb*/); |
| 69 | #define VERSIONCMP(x, op, y) (versioncmp((x), (y)) op 0) |
| 70 | |
| 71 | /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/ |
| 72 | |
| 73 | #ifdef __cplusplus |
| 74 | } |
| 75 | #endif |
| 76 | |
| 77 | #endif |