allversions.pm

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# populate the has %pastversion hash table with the version number as key and
# release date as value

sub allversions {
    my ($file) = @_;
    open(A, "<$file") ||
        die "can't open the versions file $file\n";
    my $before = 1;
    my $relcount;
    while(<A>) {
        if(/^## Past releases/) {
            $before = 0;
        }
        elsif(!$before &&
              /^- ([0-9.]+): (.*)/) {
            $pastversion{$1}=$2;
            $relcount++;
        }
    }
    close(A);
    die "too few releases ($relcount) found in $file" if($relcount < 100);
}

1;