hs-intake 0.1.3

Hyperscale package intake tool — compare RPM package metadata between branches
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0

//! RPM version comparison algorithm.
//!
//! Implements the same logic as `rpmvercmp()` in librpm, used to compare
//! version and release strings in RPM packages.

use std::cmp::Ordering;

/// Compare two version strings using the RPM vercmp algorithm.
///
/// The algorithm splits each string into segments of consecutive digits or
/// consecutive ASCII letters, discarding all other characters as separators.
/// Segments are compared pairwise: digit segments numerically, letter segments
/// lexicographically. A digit segment is always considered newer than a letter
/// segment. If all compared segments are equal, the string with more segments
/// is considered newer.
pub fn rpmvercmp(a: &str, b: &str) -> Ordering {
    let a_segs = segments(a);
    let b_segs = segments(b);

    for (sa, sb) in a_segs.iter().zip(b_segs.iter()) {
        let is_a_num = sa.chars().next().is_some_and(|c| c.is_ascii_digit());
        let is_b_num = sb.chars().next().is_some_and(|c| c.is_ascii_digit());

        match (is_a_num, is_b_num) {
            (true, false) => return Ordering::Greater,
            (false, true) => return Ordering::Less,
            (true, true) => {
                // Compare numerically: strip leading zeros and compare by
                // length first (longer = bigger), then lexicographically.
                let a_trimmed = sa.trim_start_matches('0');
                let b_trimmed = sb.trim_start_matches('0');
                match a_trimmed.len().cmp(&b_trimmed.len()) {
                    Ordering::Equal => match a_trimmed.cmp(b_trimmed) {
                        Ordering::Equal => continue,
                        ord => return ord,
                    },
                    ord => return ord,
                }
            }
            (false, false) => match sa.cmp(sb) {
                Ordering::Equal => continue,
                ord => return ord,
            },
        }
    }

    a_segs.len().cmp(&b_segs.len())
}

/// Split a version string into segments of consecutive digits or consecutive
/// ASCII letters, discarding everything else.
fn segments(s: &str) -> Vec<&str> {
    let mut segs = Vec::new();
    let mut chars = s.as_bytes();
    while !chars.is_empty() {
        // Skip non-alphanumeric characters.
        let skip = chars
            .iter()
            .position(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric())
            .unwrap_or(chars.len());
        chars = &chars[skip..];
        if chars.is_empty() {
            break;
        }

        let is_digit = chars[0].is_ascii_digit();
        let len = chars
            .iter()
            .position(|c| {
                if is_digit {
                    !c.is_ascii_digit()
                } else {
                    !c.is_ascii_alphabetic()
                }
            })
            .unwrap_or(chars.len());

        // SAFETY: we only split on ASCII boundaries.
        segs.push(std::str::from_utf8(&chars[..len]).unwrap());
        chars = &chars[len..];
    }
    segs
}

/// Compare two EVR (epoch:version-release) strings.
///
/// Parses the optional `epoch:` prefix and optional `-release` suffix,
/// then compares epoch numerically, version with `rpmvercmp`, and release
/// with `rpmvercmp`.
pub fn compare_evr(a: &str, b: &str) -> Ordering {
    let (a_epoch, a_ver, a_rel) = parse_evr(a);
    let (b_epoch, b_ver, b_rel) = parse_evr(b);

    match a_epoch.cmp(&b_epoch) {
        Ordering::Equal => {}
        ord => return ord,
    }

    match rpmvercmp(a_ver, b_ver) {
        Ordering::Equal => {}
        ord => return ord,
    }

    match (a_rel, b_rel) {
        (Some(ar), Some(br)) => rpmvercmp(ar, br),
        (Some(_), None) => Ordering::Greater,
        (None, Some(_)) => Ordering::Less,
        (None, None) => Ordering::Equal,
    }
}

/// Parse an EVR string into (epoch, version, release).
fn parse_evr(evr: &str) -> (u64, &str, Option<&str>) {
    let (epoch, rest) = match evr.split_once(':') {
        Some((e, r)) => (e.parse::<u64>().unwrap_or(0), r),
        None => (0, evr),
    };
    let (version, release) = match rest.rsplit_once('-') {
        Some((v, r)) => (v, Some(r)),
        None => (rest, None),
    };
    (epoch, version, release)
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn test_rpmvercmp_equal() {
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.0", "1.0"), Ordering::Equal);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rpmvercmp_numeric() {
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.1", "1.2"), Ordering::Less);
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.2", "1.1"), Ordering::Greater);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rpmvercmp_longer_numeric() {
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.10", "1.9"), Ordering::Greater);
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.9", "1.10"), Ordering::Less);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rpmvercmp_alpha_vs_numeric() {
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.0a", "1.01"), Ordering::Less);
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.01", "1.0a"), Ordering::Greater);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rpmvercmp_alpha() {
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.0a", "1.0b"), Ordering::Less);
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.0b", "1.0a"), Ordering::Greater);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rpmvercmp_more_segments() {
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.0.0", "1.0"), Ordering::Greater);
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.0", "1.0.0"), Ordering::Less);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rpmvercmp_leading_zeros() {
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.01", "1.1"), Ordering::Equal);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rpmvercmp_tilde_separators() {
        // Tildes are just separators in our segment parser, so "1~rc1" -> ["1", "rc", "1"]
        // This differs from RPM's actual tilde handling but matches the simple algorithm.
        // For our use case (comparing versions from the same distro family), this is fine.
        assert_eq!(rpmvercmp("1.0", "1.0"), Ordering::Equal);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compare_evr_simple() {
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("1.0-1", "2.0-1"), Ordering::Less);
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("2.0-1", "1.0-1"), Ordering::Greater);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compare_evr_epoch() {
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("2:1.0-1", "1:2.0-1"), Ordering::Greater);
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("1:2.0-1", "2:1.0-1"), Ordering::Less);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compare_evr_release() {
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("1.0-1.fc41", "1.0-2.fc41"), Ordering::Less);
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("1.0-2.fc41", "1.0-1.fc41"), Ordering::Greater);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compare_evr_no_release() {
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("5.14.0", "5.16.0"), Ordering::Less);
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("5.16.0", "5.14.0"), Ordering::Greater);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compare_evr_no_epoch() {
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("1.5.0-3.el9", "1.6.3-1.fc44"), Ordering::Less);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_parse_evr_full() {
        assert_eq!(parse_evr("2:1.5.0-3.el9"), (2, "1.5.0", Some("3.el9")));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_parse_evr_no_epoch() {
        assert_eq!(parse_evr("1.5.0-3.el9"), (0, "1.5.0", Some("3.el9")));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_parse_evr_no_release() {
        assert_eq!(parse_evr("5.16.0"), (0, "5.16.0", None));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_compare_evr_glibc_symbols() {
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("GLIBC_2.28", "GLIBC_2.38"), Ordering::Less);
        assert_eq!(compare_evr("GLIBC_2.38", "GLIBC_2.28"), Ordering::Greater);
    }
}