In the dim, distant past I did a shell script that reads Changes,
extracts the lines which identify software versions and verifies that
your installed products were up to date. I sent it to Linus several
times and got no response so I dropped it. It was last run against
2.1.107, this is a quick and dirty upgrade against 2.4.0. A lot of the
entries are there for historical reasons but are probably worth keeping
for reference.
The tricky bit with shell is handling the different output when the
script is run as sh -x script. Use this script as a starting point if
you like it, if not, fold spindle and mutilate it.
--- check_linux_requirements ---
#!/bin/bash
#
# Read Documentation/Changes, extract the required software levels
# and check that the current system is up to date. Developed for
# 2.1.107. Will not work on 2.0.x because the Documentation/Changes
# on 2.0.x systems does not include commands, at least up to 2.0.34.
#
# Takes one optional parameter, the path to Documentation/Changes,
# default is /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes.
#
# This would be a lot easier in perl but users are not required to
# have perl to install Linux. awk was a possibility but some versions
# of awk have been known to break on readline which I needed. So shell
# it is.
#
# Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>. GPL. Sun Jun 28 21:20:10 EST 1998
#
# Updated for 2.4.0 Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>. Mon Jan 8 10:39:07 EST 2001
#
PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin # may not have root's path
required() {
state=0
confirm=0
# NOTE: This code expects to see a line containing
# "Current Minimal Requirements" on its own, followed by '==='
# fillowed by each requirement on its own line starting with 'o',
# terminated by any line starting with at least '===='.
# Requirement lines must start with "o ".
# The command to get the version (if any) must be preceded by '#'.
# The version number must appear just before '#' or as the last field
# if there is no command.
while read line
do
if [ $state -eq 0 -a "$line" = "Current Minimal Requirements" ]
then
state=1
fi
if [ $state -ge 1 ]
then
if ( expr "$line" : "====" > /dev/null )
then
state=$[$state + 1]
if [ $state -eq 3 ]
then
break # end of requirements
fi
fi
if ( ! expr "$line" : "o" > /dev/null )
then
continue
fi
line=${line#"o "}
set -- $line
text=$1
version1=
command=
shift
while [ -n "$2" -a "$2" != "#" ]
do
text="$text $1"
shift
done
version1="$1"
shift
if [ "$1" = "#" ]
then
shift
fi
if [ -n "$1" ]
then
# pppd checks for device or tty before printing version.
# < /dev/null causes an error.
if [ "$text" = "PPP" ]
then
command="$1 < /dev/ttyS0"
else
command="$1 < /dev/null"
fi
fi
while [ -n "$2" ]
do
if [ "X$2" = "Xor" ]
then
command="$command ;"
else
command="$command $2"
fi
shift
done
eval "($command)" 2>&1 | \
verify "$text" "$version1" "$command"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
confirm=$[$confirm + 1]
fi
fi
done
if [ $state -ne 3 ]
then
echo "No requirements detected, probably an old Documentation/Changes file"
return 2
fi
if [ $confirm -ne 0 ]
then
echo "$confirm package(s) to be manually confirmed"
return 1
fi
return 0
}
verify() {
# Extract the version number from program output and verify it
text="$1"
textlc=`echo "$1" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
version1="$2"
version2=
command="$3"
echo "$text"
echo -ne "\tRequired $version1"
if [ -z "$command" ]
then
echo -e "\t*** No command, unable to verify ***"
return 1
fi
# Amazing how many different ways there are for software to display
# their version number. Special cases galore.
case "$textlc" in
modutils) type=1; field=3;;
"gnu c") type=1; field=1;;
"binutils") type=1; field=4;;
"linux c library") type=2;;
"linux libc5 c library") type=2;;
"linux libc6 c library") type=5;;
"dynamic linker (ld.so)") type=3;;
"linux c++ library") type=2;;
"pcmcia-cs") type=1; field=3;;
"procps") type=1; field=3;;
"procinfo") type=1; field=5;;
"psmisc") type=1; field=5;;
"mount") type=1; field=2;;
"net-tools") type=1; field=2;;
"sh-utils") type=1; field=4;;
"autofs") type=1; field=4;;
"nfs") type=1; field=-1;; # last field on line
"bash") type=1; field=4;;
"ncpfs") type=1; field=3;;
"ppp") type=1; field=3;;
"gnu make") type=1; field=4;;
"util-linux") type=1; field=3;;
"e2fsprogs") type=1; field=2;;
"isdn4k-utils") type=1; field=-1;; # last field on line?? Needs to be tested
*)
echo -e "\t*** Unknown software '$textlc', unable to verify ***"
echo " check_linux_requirements might need to be upgraded"
return 1
;;
esac
found_version=0
command_not_found=0
while read line
do
# If running under set -x, the first line is the command
# preceded by "++ " which confuses some tests. Ignore all
# lines starting with "++ ".
if [ `expr "$line" : "++ "` = 3 ]
then
continue
fi
# Treat "command not found" as warning, not error. Not everybody
# needs every package.
if [ `expr "$line" : "${myname}:.*: command not found\$"` -ne 0 ]
then
command_not_found=1
continue
fi
set -- $line # tokenize
case $type in
1)
# Version on the first line in a specific field,
# possibly preceded by "some-text-".
if [ "X$1" = "XUsage:" -o \
`expr "$line" : '.*installed suid root'` -ne 0 -o \
`expr "$line" : '.*invalid option'` -ne 0 ]
then
break # some error message instead
fi
if [ $field -lt 0 ]
then
# field -n from end of line
field=$[$# + $field + 1]
fi
eval "version2=\$$field"
prefix=`expr "$version2" : '\([a-z]*-\)*'`
if [ -n "$prefix" ]
then
version2=${version2#$prefix} # strip prefix
fi
found_version=1
;;
2)
# libxxx versions. Take the last symbolic link,
# extract the version number from the file it points to.
# Special case for libc, if the link is for libc.so.6*,
# treat the version as 6.xxx, otherwise it complains
# that you are back level, 2.0.xx is less than 5.x.xx.
if [ `expr "X$1" : 'Xl'` -eq 2 ]
then
while [ "X$2" != "X->" ]
do
shift
done
version2=`echo "$3" | tr -cd '[.0-9]' | \
sed -e 's/\.\.*/./g' |
sed -e 's/^\.//g' |
sed -e 's/\.$//g'`
if [ `expr "$1" : '.*libc.so.6'` != '0' ]
then
version2="6.$version2"
fi
fi
;;
3)
# Version on first line that starts with ldd, last
# field on the line.
# Two different ldd commands are issued so have to read
# all input. Different versions of ldd have different
# number of tokens :(.
# Exclude error lines from old versions of ldd complaining
# about --version.
if [ `expr "$line" : '.*illegal option'` -ne 0 -o \
`expr "$line" : '.*invalid option'` -ne 0 ]
then
continue # some error message instead
fi
if [ `expr "$1" : 'ldd'` -ne 0 ]
then
while [ -n "$2" ]
do
shift
done
version2=$1
found_version=1
fi
;;
4)
# Version on first line that starts with pppd, made
# up of fields 3 and 6.
if [ "X$1" = "Xpppd" ]
then
version2="$3.$6"
found_version=1
fi
;;
5)
# glibc versions. Take the last symbolic link,
# extract the version number from the file it points to.
if [ `expr "X$1" : 'Xl'` -eq 2 ]
then
while [ "X$2" != "X->" ]
do
shift
done
version2=`echo "$3" | tr -cd '[.0-9]' | \
sed -e 's/\.\.*/./g' |
sed -e 's/^\.//g' |
sed -e 's/\.$//g'`
fi
;;
*) ;;
esac
if [ $found_version -eq 1 ]
then
break
fi
done
if [ $type -eq 2 -a -n "$version2" ]
then
found_version=1 # take the *last* symlink
fi
if [ $found_version -ne 1 ]
then
if [ $command_not_found -eq 1 ]
then
echo -e "\tPackage probably not installed, ignored"
return 0 # don't count as an error
else
echo -e "\t*** No version number found, cannot verify ***"
return 1
fi
fi
version2=`echo $version2 | sed -e 's:,$::'`
echo -ne "\tActual $version2"
if compare_version "$textlc" "$version1" "$version2"
then
echo -e "\tOK"
return 0
else
echo -e "\t*** Possibly back level ***"
return 1
fi
}
compare_version() {
# Amazing how many different ways there are for software to create
# their version number. Special cases galore. Best case, convert
# special characters such as '.', '(', ')' etc. to spaces, insert a
# space where the version goes from letter to number or vice versa,
# tokenize, compare the tokens as numbers or strings, as required.
# Very, very messy!
split_version "$1" v1 "$2"
split_version "$1" v2 "$3"
if [ $v1_max -lt $v2_max ]
then
max=$v2_max
else
max=$v1_max
fi
n=1
while [ $n -le $max ]
do
eval "v1_token=\$v1_$n"
eval "v2_token=\$v2_$n"
if [ `expr "$v1_token" : '[0-9][0-9]*$'` != "0" ]
then
v1_digit=1
else
v1_digit=0
fi
if [ `expr "$v2_token" : '[0-9][0-9]*$'` != "0" ]
then
v2_digit=1
else
v2_digit=0
fi
if [ $v1_digit -eq 1 -a $v2_digit -eq 1 ]
then
# Two numeric tokens, compare as numbers. Nobody is
# going to catch me thinking that 2.1.100 is less than
# 2.1.99 :).
if [ $v2_token -lt $v1_token ]
then
return 1 # possibly back level
elif [ $v2_token -gt $v1_token ]
then
return 0 # forward level
fi
elif [ $v1_digit -eq 0 -a $v2_digit -eq 0 ]
then
# Two string tokens. It only makes sense to compare
# them if both are one character long. Otherwise
# assume mismatch if they are not equal.
if [ `expr "$v1_token" : '.*'` = "1" -a \
`expr "$v2_token" : '.*'` = "1" ]
then
if [ `expr "X$v2_token" "<" "X$v1_token"` -eq 1 ]
then
return 1 # possibly back level
elif [ `expr "X$v2_token" ">" "X$v1_token"` -eq 1 ]
then
return 0 # forward level
fi
elif [ "X$v2_token" != "X$v1_token" ]
then
return 1 # possibly back level
fi
else
# Mixed numeric and string tokens, although the string
# token can be null. If the v1 token is null then
# assume that v2 has a more recent patch level and
# accept it, otherwise give up.
if [ -z "$v1_token" ]
then
return 0 # assume v2 has a patch level
else
return 1 # possibly back level
fi
fi
n=$[$n + 1]
done
return 0
}
split_version() {
# Split a version number into tokens (see compare_version) and store
# the tokens in $1_n. $1_max is the number of tokens.
textlc=$1
prefix=$2
set -- `echo "$3" |
tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | tr '[]:;.(),+=-[]' ' ' |
sed -e 's/\([a-z]\)\([0-9]\)/\1 \2/g' |
sed -e 's/\([0-9]\)\([a-z]\)/\1 \2/g'`;
# Special case net-tools. If there are exactly two tokens and the
# second token is more than 2 digits, split it into two subtokens
# after the second digit. Otherwise 1.432 is greater than 1.45.
# Will not work after net-tools 1.99, hopefully the version number
# problem is fixed by then.
if [ "X$textlc" = "Xnet-tools" \
-a -n "$2" -a -z "$3" -a \
`expr length "$2"` -gt 2 ]
then
st1=`expr "$2" : '\(..\)'`
st2=`expr "$2" : '..\(.*\)'`
set -- "$1" "$st1" "$st2"
fi
n=0
while [ -n "$1" ]
do
n=$[$n + 1]
eval "${prefix}_$n=$1"
shift
done
eval "${prefix}_max=$n"
}
changes=${1:-/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes}
myname=$0
echo "Verifying your software environment against the levels required"
echo "in $changes."
echo "NOTE: There are so many different ways that software can display a"
echo " version number and they change over time. It is not guaranteed"
echo " that this script always gets it right. Please manually check"
echo " anything that says \"Possibly back level\". If this script is"
echo " wrong, notify the author. Otherwise it is time to upgrade."
echo
# Simple, no :)?
required < $changes
exit $?
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