Re: [avr-gcc-list] no avr/lib/avr25/attiny13a/Makefile.in

[Steven Michalske]

On Jan 29, 2009, at 8:28 AM, Weddington, Eric wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ruud Vlaming [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:39 AM
> > To: Weddington, Eric
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] no avr/lib/avr25/attiny13a/Makefile.in
> >
> > On Thursday 29 January 2009 05:54, you wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, the version checking in the bootstrap script is
> > > quite stupid. Right now it looks for specific versions only.
> > > It would be ideal if we could look for a range.
> > >
> > > > The question is: is this really needed? Can the
> > > > script not simply issue a warning and go on?
> > >
> > > I'm certainly open to changing it. Can you provide a patch?
> >
> > Yes, but first we have to decide, what should the patch do?
> > Imho that patch should not block execution at all, only warn
> > for a possile mismatch of version numbers.
> >
> > The point is, until we have a firm spec how all applications
> > should emit their version nummers over de command line,
> > there will not be a stable solution for version number
> > comparison.
> >
> > I have written a script which does a reasonable job for in most
> > situations for version numbers up to three level version numbers.
> > However, this is quite lengthy, and still is not bullitproof.
> > I think this is not adequate for this situation.
> >
> > If you agree with me that a simple version comparison with a
> > two digit number, emmiting a warning only is sufficient in this
> > case i can make the patch.
>
> I'm ok with say that we require some verion >= X. Anything < X  
> should fail. Anything >= X should be allowed. With X being the  
> lowest version that we check for.

When defining what version work,

i like

minimum, maximum and excluded  as the options  but they are three  
seperate tests

normally you use the minimum,  if a feature you required is now  
excluded/deprecated you add the max
if a version is known bad you exclude.

Hardkrash