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+/* check-version.h --- Check version string compatibility.
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free
+ Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Simon Josefsson. This interface is influenced by
+ gcry_check_version from Werner Koch's Libgcrypt. Paul Eggert
+ suggested the use of strverscmp to simplify implementation. */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <strverscmp.h>
+
+/* Get specification. */
+#include "check_version.h"
+
+/* Check that the the version of the library (i.e., the CPP symbol
+ * VERSION) is at minimum the requested one in REQ_VERSION (typically
+ * found in a header file) and return the version string. Return NULL
+ * if the condition is not satisfied. If a NULL is passed to this
+ * function, no check is done, but the version string is simply
+ * returned.
+ */
+const char *
+check_version (const char *req_version)
+{
+ if (!req_version || strverscmp (req_version, VERSION) < 0)
+ return VERSION;
+
+ return NULL;
+}
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+/* check-version.h --- Check version string compatibility.
+ Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Simon Josefsson. */
+
+#ifndef CHECK_VERSION_H
+# define CHECK_VERSION_H
+
+extern const char *
+check_version (const char *req_version);
+
+#endif /* CHECK_VERSION_H */