Subject: [bug#29629] [PATCH 1/2] guix: utils: Add version-major.

From: Christopher Baines <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 21:16:49 +0000

From: nee <[email-masked]>

* guix/utils.scm (version-major): New procedure.
---
 guix/utils.scm | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index fed31f4ca..92e45de61 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
             version>=?
             version-prefix
             version-major+minor
+            version-major
             guile-version>?
             string-replace-substring
             arguments-from-environment-variable
@@ -497,6 +498,10 @@ For example, (version-prefix \"2.1.47.4.23\" 3) returns \"2.1.47\""
 minor version numbers from version-string."
   (version-prefix version-string 2))
 
+(define (version-major version-string)
+  "Return the major version number as string from the version-string."
+  (version-prefix version-string 1))
+
 (define (version>? a b)
   "Return #t when A denotes a version strictly newer than B."
   (eq? '> (version-compare a b)))
-- 
2.15.1