libversion-sys

Rust FFI bindings to libversion, an advanced version string comparison library.

By default the crate vendors the C source and builds it directly, so no system-level installation of libversion is required. If you prefer linking an installed system copy, disable default features and make sure pkg-config can find libversion.

Usage

Add to Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
libversion-sys = "0.2"

Use the default vendored build:

[dependencies]
libversion-sys = "0.2"

Or link a system-installed libversion:

[dependencies]
libversion-sys = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }

Safe API

use std::cmp::Ordering;
use libversion_sys::{compare, compare_with_flags, VERSIONFLAG_P_IS_PATCH};

assert_eq!(compare("1.0", "1.1"), Ordering::Less);
assert_eq!(compare("1.0", "1.0.0"), Ordering::Equal);
assert_eq!(compare("1.0alpha1", "1.0"), Ordering::Less);

// "p" as patch (post-release) instead of pre-release
assert_eq!(
    compare_with_flags("1.0p1", "1.0", VERSIONFLAG_P_IS_PATCH, 0),
    Ordering::Greater,
);

Raw FFI

use std::ffi::CString;
use libversion_sys::ffi;

let v1 = CString::new("1.0").unwrap();
let v2 = CString::new("2.0").unwrap();
let result = unsafe { ffi::version_compare2(v1.as_ptr(), v2.as_ptr()) };
assert_eq!(result, -1);

Version metadata

assert!(libversion_sys::version_atleast(3, 0, 0));
assert!(!libversion_sys::version_string().is_empty());

Flags

Flag	Description
VERSIONFLAG_P_IS_PATCH	Treat p as patch (post-release) instead of pre-release
VERSIONFLAG_ANY_IS_PATCH	Treat any letter sequence as post-release
VERSIONFLAG_LOWER_BOUND	Derive lowest possible version with the given prefix
VERSIONFLAG_UPPER_BOUND	Derive highest possible version with the given prefix

Build requirements

• Rust (stable)
• C compiler (gcc/clang) for the default vendored build
• libclang (for bindgen)
• pkg-config and a system libversion installation when building with default-features = false

On Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install libclang-dev

For system linking:

sudo apt-get install pkg-config libversion-dev

cmake is only needed by maintainers when regenerating generated/libversion/config.h and generated/libversion/export.h after updating the vendored libversion source.

License

MIT -- see LICENSE.

The bundled libversion is also MIT licensed.