convert_version.pl

#!/usr/bin/env perl

#    convert_version.pl: generate a version integer from a version text
#
#    Copyright (C) 2006-2008  Ludovic Rousseau  <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>
#
#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
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use warnings;
use strict;

# convert "1.2.3-svn-xyz" in "0x01020003"
my ($major, $minor, $patch) = split /\./, $ARGV[0];

# remove the -svn-xyz part if any
$patch =~ s/-.*//;

printf "0x%02X%02X%04X\n", $major, $minor, $patch;