Re: Automake minor feature - comparison operator on version check of python.m4

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Ludovic,

* Heyberger Ludovic wrote on Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 03:35:23PM CEST:
> It is not currently possible to select a specific python version. If
> python-2.3 and python-2.4 are installed, you get python-2.4.
> This patch adds comparisons operators in a backward compatible way
> that allows to say : "I want python-2.3 and nothing else".

I have little experience with Automake python support, and as such,
can't really comment on this aspect.  But I'd like to point out the CVS
Autoconf macro AS_VERSION_COMPARE to compare version strings compatible
to glibc strverscmp.  It might be beneficial to take advantage of it if
this turns out to be possible (but I haven't really checked whether that
applies in your case :).

Cheers,
Ralf