section on the `Version' control field. This version of the code
implements that from s5.6.12 of Debian Policy v3.8.0.1
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version */
-static int
+static int _GL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE
verrevcmp (const char *s1, size_t s1_len, const char *s2, size_t s2_len)
{
size_t s1_pos = 0;