check_python.m4 - Raise the minimum python version up to 2.4

[samba.git] / m4 / check_python.m4

diff --git a/m4/check_python.m4 b/m4/check_python.m4
index 15f04afb4bda14c53e9787d375b91c2ab7e69d25..8ca0ead18983fc50392a7bc801a1626e3e640ccc 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/check_python.m4
+++ b/m4/check_python.m4
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_SAMBA_PYTHON_DEVEL],
 
        if test x$PYTHON != x
        then
+               if `$PYTHON -c "import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info.__getslice__(0, 2) >= (2, 4))"`
+               then
+                       AC_MSG_ERROR([Python ($PYTHON) is too old. At least version 2.4 is required])
+               fi
+
                DISTUTILS_CFLAGS=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; \
                                              print '-I%s -I%s %s' % ( \
                                                        sysconfig.get_python_inc(), \