Improve detection of speller version in ispell.el

* lisp/textmodes/ispell.el (ispell-check-version): Accept more
general forms of version numbers for Aspell, Hunspell, and
Enchant, to include various beta and prereleases.  (Bug#29801)

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
index 6a169622f52..25f62e317c8 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
@@ -712,10 +712,10 @@ Otherwise returns the library directory name, if that is defined."
           (error "%s exited with %s %s" ispell-program-name
                  (if (stringp status) "signal" "code") status))
 
-      ;; Get relevant version strings. Only xx.yy.... format works well
+      ;; Get relevant version strings.
       (let (case-fold-search)
         (setq ispell-program-version
-              (and (search-forward-regexp "\\([0-9]+\\.[0-9\\.]+\\)" nil t)
+              (and (search-forward-regexp "\\([0-9]+\\.[0-9.]+\\)" nil t)
                    (match-string 1)))
 
         ;; Make sure these variables are (re-)initialized to the default value
@@ -725,19 +725,23 @@ Otherwise returns the library directory name, if that is defined."
 
         (goto-char (point-min))
         (or (setq ispell-really-aspell
-                  (and (search-forward-regexp
-                        "(but really Aspell \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9\\.-]+\\)?)" nil t)
-                       (match-string 1)))
+                  (and
+                   (search-forward-regexp
+                    "(but really Aspell \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9.]+\\([-._+ ]?[a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)?\\)?)"
+                    nil t)
+                   (match-string 1)))
             (setq ispell-really-hunspell
-                  (and (search-forward-regexp
-                        "(but really Hunspell \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9\\.-]+\\)?)"
-                        nil t)
-                       (match-string 1)))
+                  (and
+                   (search-forward-regexp
+                    "(but really Hunspell \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9.]+\\([-._+ ]?[a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)?\\)?)"
+                    nil t)
+                   (match-string 1)))
             (setq ispell-really-enchant
-                  (and (search-forward-regexp
-                        "(but really Enchant \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9\\.-]+\\)?)"
-                        nil t)
-                       (match-string 1)))))
+                  (and
+                   (search-forward-regexp
+                    "(but really Enchant \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9.]+\\([-._+ ]?[a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)?\\)?)"
+                    nil t)
+                   (match-string 1)))))
 
       (let* ((aspell8-minver   "0.60")
              (ispell-minver    "3.1.12")