1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

M 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)))