ddmddub

Can I specify a min Dub or DMD version?


People keep trying to build my project with old versions of Dmd and Dub (0.9.2 instead of 1.0.0) and it does not work. Can I specify in the dub.json file the min required dub version?


Solution

  • Unfortunately you can't. See this issue for more details. Please make noise there ;-)

    Two ideas how to workaround around this for now.

    1) Use static if in the main statement

    int main()
    {
       static if (__VERSION__ < 2069)
       {
           pragma(msg, "Your DMD version is outdated. Please update");
           return 1;
       }
       ...
    }
    

    2) Use preGenerateCommands = ['rdmd checkversions.d']

    int main()
    {
        import std.process : execute;
        import std.stdio : writeln;
        auto ver = execute(["dub", "--version"]);
        if (ver.status != 0)
        {
            writeln("Error: no dub installation found.");
        }
        else
        {
            import std.conv : to;
            import std.regex : ctRegex, matchFirst;
            auto ctr = ctRegex!`version ([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)`;
            auto r = ver.output.matchFirst(ctr);
            assert(r.length == 4, "version not found");
            int major = r[1].to!int, minor = r[2].to!int, patch = r[3].to!int;
            if (major < 2)
            {
                writeln(minor);
                return 1;
            }
        }
    }