+# Extracting the first digit version number from a complete package name.
+# Arg. #1: Complete package name with version (ex: gcc-3.4.4 will output 3)
+get_pkg_ver1()
+{
+ # Checking for correct number of arguments
+ if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+ echo "${FUNCNAME}(), wrong number of arguments: ${*}"
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ echo ${1} | sed "s!^.*-\([0-9]*\)\..*!\1!g"
+}
+
+# Extracting the first 2 digits version number from a complete package name.