def _pep440_version_cmp(pkg1, pkg2, ignore_epoch=False):
    '''
    Compares two version strings using pkg_resources.parse_version.
    Return -1 if version1 < version2, 0 if version1 ==version2,
    and 1 if version1 > version2. Return None if there was a problem
    making the comparison.
    '''
    normalize = lambda x: six.text_type(x).split('!', 1)[-1] \
        if ignore_epoch else six.text_type(x)
    pkg1 = normalize(pkg1)
    pkg2 = normalize(pkg2)

    try:
        if pkg_resources.parse_version(pkg1) < pkg_resources.parse_version(pkg2):
            return -1
        if pkg_resources.parse_version(pkg1) == pkg_resources.parse_version(pkg2):
            return 0
        if pkg_resources.parse_version(pkg1) > pkg_resources.parse_version(pkg2):
            return 1
    except Exception as exc:
        log.exception(exc)
    return None