tornado version can now contain letters

diff --git a/src/update.py b/src/update.py
index 43f411545f9d7b2fed78a327f9b1245b750e62a9..0c53b2537f85abf3fec7ea0ba4d10f46fa6b782f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/update.py
+++ b/src/update.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 
 
 import logging
+import re
 
 
 # versions
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ def get_all_versions():
 
 
 def compare_versions(version1, version2):
+    version1 = re.sub('[^0-9.]', '', version1)
+    version2 = re.sub('[^0-9.]', '', version2)
+    
     version1 = [int(n) for n in version1.split('.')]
     version2 = [int(n) for n in version2.split('.')]