fix X check explain version check

Original commit message from CVS:
fix X check
explain version check

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a9b0ddd..d3383d9 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-03-16  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+       reviewed by: <delete if not using a buddy>
+
+       * gst-autogen.sh:
+
 2004-03-09  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
        patch by: Stephane Loeuillet

diff --git a/gst-autogen.sh b/gst-autogen.sh
index b79f27a..6b4c729 100644 (file)
--- a/gst-autogen.sh
+++ b/gst-autogen.sh
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ version_check ()
       echo "not found."
       continue
     }
-    # the following line is carefully crafted sed magic
-    # you don't want to mess with it
-    #pkg_version=`$COMMAND --version|head -n 1|sed 's/^[a-zA-z\.\ ()]*//;s/ .*$//'`
+    # strip everything that's not a digit, then use cut to get the first field
     pkg_version=`$COMMAND --version|head -n 1|sed 's/^[^0-9]*//'|cut -d' ' -f1`
     debug "pkg_version $pkg_version"
     # remove any non-digit characters from the version numbers to permit numeric