Discovered that RC comparison was problematic in Akka HTTP

akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/AkkaVersionSpec.scala

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class AkkaVersionSpec extends WordSpec with Matchers {
 
     "succeed if version is RC and ok" in {
       AkkaVersion.require("AkkaVersionSpec", "2.5.6", "2.5.7-RC10")
+      AkkaVersion.require("AkkaVersionSpec", "2.6.0-RC1", "2.6.0-RC1")
     }
 
     "fail if version is RC and not ok" in {

akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/AkkaVersion.scala

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ object AkkaVersion {
    */
   @InternalApi
   private[akka] def require(libraryName: String, requiredVersion: String, currentVersion: String): Unit = {
+    if (requiredVersion != currentVersion) {
       val VersionPattern = """(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(-(?:M|RC)\d+)?""".r
       currentVersion match {
         case VersionPattern(currentMajorStr, currentMinorStr, currentPatchStr, mOrRc) =>
@@ -49,5 +50,6 @@ object AkkaVersion {
         case _ => // SNAPSHOT or unknown - you're on your own
       }
     }
+  }
 
 }