}
get_version() {
- get_version_line | sed 's/^.* version \([0-9][^ ]*\).*/\1/'
+ # A string that begins with a digit up to the next SP
+ ver=$(get_version_line | sed 's/^.* version \([0-9][^ ]*\).*/\1/')
+
+ # There are known -variant suffixes that do not affect the
+ # meaning of the main version number. Strip them.
+ ver=${ver%-win32}
+ ver=${ver%-posix}
+
+ echo "$ver"
}
print_flags() {