The tracetool code requires Python 2.4, which was released in 2004. Check for a supported Python version so we can give a clear error message.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- configure | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index 25697bb..0e6fbbc 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -1247,9 +1247,10 @@ fi # Note that if the Python conditional here evaluates True we will exit # with status 1 which is a shell 'false' value. -if ! "$python" -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info[0] >= 3)'; then - echo "Python 2 required but '$python' is version 3 or better." - echo "Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a Python 2." +if ! "$python" -c 'import sys; sys.version_info < (2,4) or sys.version_info >= (3,)'; then + echo "Cannot use '$python', Python 2.4 or later is required." + echo "Note that Python 3 or later is not yet supported." + echo "Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python." exit 1 fi -- 1.7.10
