extend the testing for version comparison

This now checks also the negative outcome of the comparision operation, and
adds a bunch more different cases.

1 files changed, 80 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Tests/CMakeTests/VersionTest.cmake.in b/Tests/CMakeTests/VersionTest.cmake.in
index 9e31cb4..bd54de5 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeTests/VersionTest.cmake.in
+++ b/Tests/CMakeTests/VersionTest.cmake.in
@@ -8,9 +8,83 @@ else()
   message("CMAKE_VERSION=[${CMAKE_VERSION}] is not less than [${min_ver}]")
 endif()
 
-set(v 1.2.3.4.5.6.7)
-if("${v}.8" VERSION_LESS "${v}.9")
-  message(STATUS "${v}.8 is less than ${v}.9")
-else()
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "${v}.8 is not less than ${v}.9?")
-endif()
+set(EQUALV "1 1")
+list(APPEND EQUALV "1.0 1")
+list(APPEND EQUALV "1.2.3.4.5.6.7 1.2.3.4.5.6.7")
+
+foreach(v IN LISTS EQUALV)
+  string(REGEX MATCH "(.*) (.*)" _dummy "${v}")
+  # modify any of the operands to see the negative check also works
+  if("${CMAKE_MATCH_1}.2" VERSION_EQUAL CMAKE_MATCH_2)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}.2 is equal ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}?")
+  else()
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}.2 is not equal ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
+  endif()
+
+  if(CMAKE_MATCH_1 VERSION_EQUAL "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}.2")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1} is equal ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}.2?")
+  else()
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MATCH_1} is not equal ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}.2")
+  endif()
+endforeach()
+
+# test the negative outcomes first, due to the implementation the positive
+# allow some additional strings to pass that would not fail for the negative
+# tests
+
+list(APPEND EQUALV "1a 1")
+list(APPEND EQUALV "1.1a 1.1")
+list(APPEND EQUALV "1.0a 1")
+list(APPEND EQUALV "1a 1.0")
+
+foreach(v IN LISTS EQUALV)
+  # check equal versions
+  string(REGEX MATCH "(.*) (.*)" _dummy "${v}")
+  if(CMAKE_MATCH_1 VERSION_EQUAL CMAKE_MATCH_2)
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MATCH_1} is equal ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1} is not equal ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}?")
+  endif()
+
+  # still equal, but inverted order of operands
+  string(REGEX MATCH "(.*) (.*)" _dummy "${v}")
+  if(CMAKE_MATCH_2 VERSION_EQUAL CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MATCH_2} is equal ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_MATCH_2} is not equal ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}?")
+  endif()
+endforeach()
+
+set(LESSV "1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.9")
+list(APPEND LESSV "1.2.3.4.5.6.7 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.9")
+list(APPEND LESSV "1 1.0.0.1")
+foreach(v IN LISTS LESSV)
+  string(REGEX MATCH "(.*) (.*)" _dummy "${v}")
+  # check less
+  if(CMAKE_MATCH_1 VERSION_LESS CMAKE_MATCH_2)
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MATCH_1} is less than ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1} is not less than ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}?")
+  endif()
+
+  # check greater
+  if(CMAKE_MATCH_2 VERSION_GREATER CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MATCH_2} is greater than ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_MATCH_2} is not greater than ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}?")
+  endif()
+
+  # check less negative case
+  if(NOT CMAKE_MATCH_2 VERSION_LESS CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MATCH_2} is not less than ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_MATCH_2} is less than ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}?")
+  endif()
+
+  # check greater negative case
+  if(NOT CMAKE_MATCH_1 VERSION_GREATER CMAKE_MATCH_2)
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MATCH_1} is not greater than ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1} is greater than ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}?")
+  endif()
+endforeach()