utils: add trim_version() function

Add a helper function that returns just the first <num_parts> of <version>,
split by periods.  For example, trim_version("1.2.3", 2) will return "1.2".

This should help reduce the spread of numerous copies of this idea across
classes and recipes.

Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index 0a2092b24b..82987e80d0 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -135,3 +135,18 @@ def packages_filter_out_system(d):
 
 def getstatusoutput(cmd):
     return cmdstatus.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+
+
+def trim_version(version, num_parts=2):
+    """
+    Return just the first <num_parts> of <version>, split by periods.  For
+    example, trim_version("1.2.3", 2) will return "1.2".
+    """
+    if type(version) is not str:
+        raise TypeError("Version should be a string")
+    if num_parts < 1:
+        raise ValueError("Cannot split to parts < 1")
+
+    parts = version.split(".")
+    trimmed = ".".join(parts[:num_parts])
+    return trimmed