## -V: Workaround for python
changequote(<<, >>)#dnl
+
## Assume and hunt for dotted version multiplet.
## use eval trickery, because we cannot use multi-level $() instead of ``
## for compatibility reasons.
- ## FIXME: what systems still do not have $() in /bin/sh?
+
+ ## grab the first version number in --version output.
eval _ver=\"\`("$1" --version || "$1" -V) 2>&1 | grep '[0-9]\.[0-9]' \
| head -n 1 \
- | sed -e 's/.*[^-.0-9]\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][.0-9]*\).*/\1/' \
- -e 's/^[^.0-9]*//' -e 's/[^.0-9]*$//'\`\"
+ | tr ' ' '\n' | grep '[0-9]\.[0-9]' | head -n 1 | sed 's/\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/g'\`\"
+
if test -z "$_ver"; then
## If empty, try date [fontforge]
eval _ver=\"\`("$1" --version || "$1" -V) 2>&1 | grep '[0-9]\{6,8\}' \