On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Shouldn't the configure script print a friendlier message if a wrong > version of python is used? > > Chicken/egg problem. configure is a python script, it's the python > interpreter that raises the error. > > I guess we could wrap it in a shell script that checks the python > version but I don't find that very appealing. The build requirements > are clearly documented in the README but that's not the main reason: I > don't like layers upon layers, it makes debugging harder. > There are some decent answers here to this problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/446052/python-best-way-to-check-for-python-version-in-program-that-uses-new-language-f -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
