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[lilypond.git] / stepmake / aclocal.m4

diff --git a/stepmake/aclocal.m4 b/stepmake/aclocal.m4
index 93e568bb6cf542030eda86ca41b8e698b5f7179b..dc44ed325f8a388f272e0f94b7ae2c996a72dd9a 100644 (file)
--- a/stepmake/aclocal.m4
+++ b/stepmake/aclocal.m4
@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ AC_DEFUN(STEPMAKE_GET_VERSION, [
     ## -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\}' \