configure: test protobuf-lite < 22 with minimum/maximum values

When the protoc version is in the a.b.c format the protobuf version
is in the a.b.c.d format. Some version of pkg-config allow the equality
of the two, but not all.

We can just make sure protobuf is between a.b.c and a.b.(c+1).

Fixes #29066

configure.ac

@@ -3957,8 +3957,10 @@ AS_IF([test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"],[
         PROTOC_MAJ_VERSION="$(echo ${PROTOC_FULL_VERSION} | cut -d '.' -f -1)"
         AS_IF([test "${PROTOC_MAJ_VERSION}" -lt "22" ], [
             dnl protoc x.y.z is compatible with protobuf x.y.z
-            PROTOBUF_VERSION="$(echo ${PROTOC_FULL_VERSION})"
-            PROTOBUF_TEST="protobuf-lite == ${PROTOBUF_VERSION}"
+            PROTOBUF_VERSION="$(echo ${PROTOC_FULL_VERSION} | cut -d '.' -f -3)"
+            dnl the protoc version is in the x.y.z format but protobuf version is in the x.y.z.r format
+            PROTOBUF_MAX_VERSION="${PROTOBUF_VERSION%.*}.$((${PROTOBUF_VERSION##*.}+1))"
+            PROTOBUF_TEST="protobuf-lite >= ${PROTOBUF_VERSION} protobuf-lite < ${PROTOBUF_MAX_VERSION}"
         ],[
             dnl protoc x.y is compatible with protobuf x.y.*
             PROTOBUF_VERSION="$(echo ${PROTOC_FULL_VERSION} | cut -d '.' -f -2)"