On Thu Aug 07 22:08 +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Levi Ramsey wrote:
>
> > On Thu Aug 07 15:34 -0400, David Walser wrote:
> > > Apparently they can now, but they used to be totally illegal, and for good
> > > reason. It makes it near impossible to parse the filename.
> >
> > Parse it from the end...
>
> I was going to suggest that too, but couldn't come up with a regex.
> Where's yours? ;-).
Will BNF do?
<package_filename> ::==
<package_name>-<version>-<version>.<arch>.rpm
;; Not sure if all valid characters
<package_name> ::== {<valid_chars> | "-" | "+"}
<version> ::== {<valid_chars>}
;; Not completely valid BNF syntax here, but I don't
;; feel like putting in bars between all characters...
<valid_chars> ::==
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789.
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