Re: [PATCH] ver_linux: add comparison with required version and colour to output

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Manuel,

On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 at 15:55, Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> wrote:
> Add the required version from changes.rst.
> Add code for comparison and print in colour (blue, green, red) depending
> on the result of the comparison.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@mailbox.org>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/scripts/ver_linux
> +++ b/scripts/ver_linux

> @@ -89,9 +92,17 @@ function version(cmd,    ver) {
>         return ver
>  }
>
> -function printversion(name, value,  ofmt) {
> -       if (value != "") {
> +function printversion(name, cur_version, req_version,  ofmt) {
> +       if (req_version == "") {
>                 ofmt = "%-20s\t%s\n"
> -               printf(ofmt, name, value)
> +               printf(ofmt, "\033[34m"name,  cur_version)
> +       }
> +       else if (cur_version >= req_version) {
> +               ofmt = "%-20s\t%s\n"
> +               printf(ofmt, "\033[32m"name,  cur_version)
> +       }
> +       else {
> +               ofmt = "%-20s\t%s\n"
> +               printf(ofmt, "\033[31m"name,  cur_version)
>         }
>  }

None of the above reset the color (using "\033[37m", or the shorter
"\033[0m").

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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