Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Handle broken curl version number in version check

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:09:50 -0800

"Tom G. Christensen" <[email-masked]> writes:

> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index c44eb3a..69a2ce3 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1035,13 +1035,13 @@ else
>  	REMOTE_CURL_NAMES = $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY) $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES)
>  	PROGRAM_OBJS += http-fetch.o
>  	PROGRAMS += $(REMOTE_CURL_NAMES)
> -	curl_check := $(shell (echo 070908; curl-config --vernum) 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
> +	curl_check := $(shell (echo 070908; curl-config --vernum | sed -e '/^70[B-C]/ s/^7/07/') 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
>  	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "070908"
>  		ifndef NO_EXPAT
>  			PROGRAM_OBJS += http-push.o
>  		endif
>  	endif
> -	curl_check := $(shell (echo 072200; curl-config --vernum) 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
> +	curl_check := $(shell (echo 072200; curl-config --vernum | sed -e '/^70[B-C]/ s/^7/07/') 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
>  	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "072200"
>  		USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND = YesPlease
>  	endif

Thanks, will apply but with sed part tweaked to '/^70[BC]/s/^/0/'
instead.

The existing tests that copied and pasted are bad enough.  Can we
consolidate them into some helper or a shorter idiom that lets us
more easily ask "Do we have cURL version X or higher?"