rpm/lib/rpmvercmp.c

/** \ingroup rpmts
 * \file lib/rpmvercmp.c
 */

#include "system.h"

#include <rpm/rpmlib.h>		/* rpmvercmp proto */
#include <rpm/rpmstring.h>

#include "debug.h"

/* compare alpha and numeric segments of two versions */
/* return 1: a is newer than b */
/*        0: a and b are the same version */
/*       -1: b is newer than a */
int rpmvercmp(const char * a, const char * b)
{
    /* easy comparison to see if versions are identical */
    if (rstreq(a, b)) return 0;

    char oldch1, oldch2;
    char abuf[strlen(a)+1], bbuf[strlen(b)+1];
    char *str1 = abuf, *str2 = bbuf;
    char * one, * two;
    int rc;
    int isnum;

    strcpy(str1, a);
    strcpy(str2, b);

    one = str1;
    two = str2;

    /* loop through each version segment of str1 and str2 and compare them */
    while (*one || *two) {
	while (*one && !risalnum(*one) && *one != '~') one++;
	while (*two && !risalnum(*two) && *two != '~') two++;

	/* handle the tilde separator, it sorts before everthing else */
	if (*one == '~' || *two == '~') {
	    if (*one != '~') return 1;
	    if (*two != '~') return -1;
	    one++;
	    two++;
	    continue;
	}

	/* If we ran to the end of either, we are finished with the loop */
	if (!(*one && *two)) break;

	str1 = one;
	str2 = two;

	/* grab first completely alpha or completely numeric segment */
	/* leave one and two pointing to the start of the alpha or numeric */
	/* segment and walk str1 and str2 to end of segment */
	if (risdigit(*str1)) {
	    while (*str1 && risdigit(*str1)) str1++;
	    while (*str2 && risdigit(*str2)) str2++;
	    isnum = 1;
	} else {
	    while (*str1 && risalpha(*str1)) str1++;
	    while (*str2 && risalpha(*str2)) str2++;
	    isnum = 0;
	}

	/* save character at the end of the alpha or numeric segment */
	/* so that they can be restored after the comparison */
	oldch1 = *str1;
	*str1 = '\0';
	oldch2 = *str2;
	*str2 = '\0';

	/* this cannot happen, as we previously tested to make sure that */
	/* the first string has a non-null segment */
	if (one == str1) return -1;	/* arbitrary */

	/* take care of the case where the two version segments are */
	/* different types: one numeric, the other alpha (i.e. empty) */
	/* numeric segments are always newer than alpha segments */
	/* XXX See patch #60884 (and details) from bugzilla #50977. */
	if (two == str2) return (isnum ? 1 : -1);

	if (isnum) {
	    size_t onelen, twolen;
	    /* this used to be done by converting the digit segments */
	    /* to ints using atoi() - it's changed because long  */
	    /* digit segments can overflow an int - this should fix that. */

	    /* throw away any leading zeros - it's a number, right? */
	    while (*one == '0') one++;
	    while (*two == '0') two++;

	    /* whichever number has more digits wins */
	    onelen = strlen(one);
	    twolen = strlen(two);
	    if (onelen > twolen) return 1;
	    if (twolen > onelen) return -1;
	}

	/* strcmp will return which one is greater - even if the two */
	/* segments are alpha or if they are numeric.  don't return  */
	/* if they are equal because there might be more segments to */
	/* compare */
	rc = strcmp(one, two);
	if (rc) return (rc < 1 ? -1 : 1);

	/* restore character that was replaced by null above */
	*str1 = oldch1;
	one = str1;
	*str2 = oldch2;
	two = str2;
    }

    /* this catches the case where all numeric and alpha segments have */
    /* compared identically but the segment sepparating characters were */
    /* different */
    if ((!*one) && (!*two)) return 0;

    /* whichever version still has characters left over wins */
    if (!*one) return -1; else return 1;
}

int rpmVersionCompare(Header first, Header second)
{
    /* Missing epoch becomes zero here, which is what we want */
    uint32_t epochOne = headerGetNumber(first, RPMTAG_EPOCH);
    uint32_t epochTwo = headerGetNumber(second, RPMTAG_EPOCH);
    int rc;

    if (epochOne < epochTwo)
	return -1;
    else if (epochOne > epochTwo)
	return 1;

    rc = rpmvercmp(headerGetString(first, RPMTAG_VERSION),
		   headerGetString(second, RPMTAG_VERSION));
    if (rc)
	return rc;

    return rpmvercmp(headerGetString(first, RPMTAG_RELEASE),
		     headerGetString(second, RPMTAG_RELEASE));
}