Re: Python 2.4 detection

[Mats Bengtsson]

Great! Sorry for not testing your patch. You are absolutely right that it
also solves my problems. I definitely wote for inclusion of this patch.

   /Mats

Michael Welsh Duggan wrote:

> Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  
>
> > See also
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2006-06/msg00141.html
> > for another problem with the current solution (which unfortunately isn't
> > solved by Michael's patch).
> >
> >    
>
> Actually, my tests seem to show it is solved by the patch.  The grep
> -v will remove the mistaken path-based line.  (Tested by copying
> python2.4 to /tmp/2.4.2/python2.4 and running the eval line using that
> path.)
>
>  
>
> > > Index: stepmake/aclocal.m4
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvsroot/lilypond/lilypond/stepmake/aclocal.m4,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.175
> > > diff -u -p -r1.175 aclocal.m4
> > > --- stepmake/aclocal.m4 1 Jun 2006 00:44:11 -0000       1.175
> > > +++ stepmake/aclocal.m4 7 Aug 2006 08:25:17 -0000
> > > @@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ AC_DEFUN(STEPMAKE_GET_VERSION, [
> > >    ## for compatibility reasons.
> > >        ## grab the first version number in  --version output.
> > > -    eval _ver=\"\`("$1" --version || "$1" -V) 2>&1 | grep '[0-9]\.[0-9]' \
> > > +    eval _ver=\"\`("$1" --version || "$1" -V) 2>&1 | grep -v "$1" \
> > > +       | grep '[0-9]\.[0-9]' \
> > >        | head -n 1 \
> > >         | tr ' ' '\n' | grep '[0-9]\.[0-9]' | head -n 1 | sed 
> > > 's/\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/g'\`\"
> > >
> > >      
>
>  

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