(byte-compile-insert-header): If emacs-version

ends with a letter, don't check the version number.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
index 4373e81405a..db47ef974ad 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ;;; This version incorporates changes up to version 2.10 of the 
 ;;; Zawinski-Furuseth compiler.
-(defconst byte-compile-version "$Revision: 2.21 $")
+(defconst byte-compile-version "$Revision: 2.22 $")
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -1437,6 +1437,9 @@ With argument, insert value in current buffer after the form."
                 ;; in files loaded early in loadup.el.
                 "\n(if (and (boundp 'emacs-version)\n"
                 "\t (or (and (boundp 'epoch::version) epoch::version)\n"
+                ;; If there is a name at the end of emacs-version,
+                ;; don't try to check the version number.
+                "\t     (< (aref emacs-version (1- (length emacs-version))) ?A)"
                 (if dynamic-docstrings
                     "\t     (string-lessp emacs-version \"19.29\")))\n"
                   "\t     (string-lessp emacs-version \"19\")))\n")