From ff23ffc25e55f3fd237e1245f7ef0151a869d086 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 04:48:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] version checking fix

---
 ChangeLog           |  3 +++
 automake.in         | 10 ++++------
 tests/ChangeLog     |  3 +++
 tests/version3.test |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 50d817a8..3c364eb8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ Sun Apr  5 13:58:24 1998  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
 	* Released 1.3.
 
+	* automake.in (handle_options): Correctly handle trailing alpha
+ 	version letter or lack thereof.  Test version3.test.
+
 	* automake.in (am_conf_line_warning): Perl 4 fixlet; typo fix.
 
 	* automake.in (handle_ltlibraries): Examine _DEPENDENCIES
diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index 43ce91fa..91289aa9 100755
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -668,12 +668,10 @@ sub handle_options
 	    }
 	    elsif (/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)([a-z])?/)
 	    {
-		# Got a version number.  Note that alpha releases
-		# count as the next higher release.  Note also that we
-		# assume there will be a maximum of 100 minor releases
-		# for any given major release.
+		# Got a version number.
+
+		local ($rmajor, $rminor, $ralpha) = ($1, $2, $3);
 
-		local ($rmajor, $rminor, $ralpha) = ($1, $2);
 		if ($VERSION !~ /([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)([a-z])?/)
 		{
 		    print STDERR
@@ -688,7 +686,7 @@ sub handle_options
 		if ($rmajor > $tmajor
 		    || ($rmajor == $tmajor && $rminor > $tminor)
 		    || ($rminor == $tminor && $rminor == $tminor
-			&& $ralpha > $talpha))
+			&& $ralpha gt $talpha))
 		{
 		    &am_line_error ('AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS',
 				    "require version $_, only have $VERSION");
diff --git a/tests/ChangeLog b/tests/ChangeLog
index f49d630f..20f280ba 100644
--- a/tests/ChangeLog
+++ b/tests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Sun Apr  5 15:26:42 1998  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
+	* version3.test: Increased version number to ensure failure for a
+	long time to come.
+
 	* library.test: New file.
 
 	* lex2.test: Updated since lex error changed to warning.
diff --git a/tests/version3.test b/tests/version3.test
index 4d5476c8..00fdcfb4 100755
--- a/tests/version3.test
+++ b/tests/version3.test
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 . $srcdir/defs || exit 1
 
 cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.3x
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 9.9x
 END
 
 $AUTOMAKE && exit 1
-- 
2.43.5