[l2h] Ghostscript version tweak to config.pl
Marek Rouchal DAT CAD HW Tel 25849
Marek Rouchal DAT CAD HW Tel 25849 <marek.rouchal@hl.siemens.de>
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:10:28 +0200 (MET DST)
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Ross Moore wrote:
RM>But that isn't the full fix.
RM>Surely it is sufficient to match the string as follows:
RM>
RM> if(/Ghostscript\s*(?:Version|BETA RELEASE|TESTER RELEASE|)\s*(\d+[.]?\d*)/i) {
RM># match the empty string this way ---------^^
RM> $gs_version = $2;
RM># ^------ version number is in $2, not $1
Wrong! Note the (?: - this will suppress creation of $! for this
brace. The version is in $1.
Beta8 has the full fix, which will work with 6.x, too.
HTH,
Marek