From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 28 23:07:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA13084 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 23:07:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nagual.pp.ru (lsd.relcom.eu.net [193.125.27.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA13077 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 23:07:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ache@nagual.pp.ru) Received: (from ache@localhost) by nagual.pp.ru (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA15385; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:06:40 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from ache) Message-ID: <19981029100640.A13026@nagual.pp.ru> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:06:40 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" To: John Polstra Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD_cc_... Mail-Followup-To: John Polstra , current@freebsd.org References: <19981029082524.A16434@nagual.pp.ru> <199810290536.VAA29610@austin.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199810290536.VAA29610@austin.polstra.com>; from jdp@polstra.com on Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 09:36:01PM -0800 Organization: Biomechanoid Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 09:36:01PM -0800, John Polstra wrote: > We already do a similar thing with and __FreeBSD_version. Not so similar because _we_ control version numbering scheme for us. > I think it's pretty unlikely that GNU will release a version with a > 5-component revision number. Consider following alternatives: 2.72.1 2.7.2.1 2.721 27.2.1 and so on - they will be the same in your check. The main point is that GNU version numbering scheme is out of our control, so we can assume _anything_ can happens there. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/ MTH/SH/HE S-- W-- N+ PEC>+ D A a++ C G>+ QH+(++) 666+>++ Y To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message