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From:	Justin <jlec@g.o>
To:	gentoo-devhelp@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-devhelp] How do I get the major+minor version of a package?
Date:	Thu, 30 May 2013 11:11:13
Message-Id:	`51A733C8.60009@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-devhelp] How do I get the major+minor version of a package? by Nikos Chantziaras

1	On 30/05/13 13:06, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2	> Let's suppose that $PV is "2.5.1". How would I get the "2.5" in it in an
3	> ebuild? I know about ${PV:0:3}, but this breaks if $PV is, say,
4	> "2.13.1". In that case, I would get "2.1" instead of "2.13".
5	>
6	> I've looked in the various eclasses if there's some utility function
7	> that get me the major and minor version, but can't find anything.
8	>
9	>
10
11	hi,
12
13	take a look into the versionator.eclass [1]. You need to use
14	get_version_component_range()
15
16	justin
17
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19	1 http://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-reference/versionator.eclass/index.html

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[gentoo-devhelp] Re: How do I get the major+minor version of a package?	Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>