Re: configure does not check for python version >=2.4

[Karl Hammar]

> 
> Running whith e.g python 2.3.5 gives me:
> 
>   $ make
>   ...
>   make[1]: Entering directory `/home/karl/most/music/lilypond/head/scripts'
>   cat convert-ly.py | sed -e '#'  -e 'address@hidden@!/bin/sh!g'  -e 
> 'address@hidden
>   chmod 755 out/convert-ly
>   /usr/bin/perl /home/karl/most/music/lilypond/head/buildscripts/out/help2man 
> out/convert-ly > out/convert-ly.1
>   help2man: can't get `--help' info from out/convert-ly
>   make[1]: *** [out/convert-ly.1] Error 1
>   make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/karl/most/music/lilypond/head/scripts'
>   make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> Which fails due to missing module subprocess.
> It was introduced recently:
> 
>   $ grep -B7 -A1 subprocess ChangeLog 
> 
>   2006-03-12  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden>
> 
>         * scripts/lilypond-book.py (get_latex_textwidth): explicitly close
>         tmphandle.
> 
>         * python/lilylib.py (system): rewrite system() using
>         subprocess. Remove >& redirection trickery.
> 
> Which makes python ver. 2.4 a requirement:
>  http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/lib/module-subprocess.html
> 
> Attached patch seems to solve that, though it gives strange error message:
> 
>   $./configure
>   ...
>   config.status: creating config.hh
> 
>   ERROR: Please install required programs:  python2.3 >= 2.4 (installed: 2.3) 
> Python.h (python-devel, python-dev or libpython-dev package)
> 
>   See INSTALL.txt for more information on how to build LilyPond

Hm, configure.in seems better suited for that change than
stepmake/aclocal.m4.

Changelog:

2006-05-12  Karl Hammar  <address@hidden>

        * configure.in: bump python requirement to version 2.4

Regards,
/Karl

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Karl Hammar                    Aspö Data               address@hidden
Lilla Aspö 2340                                                Networks
S-742 94 Östhammar          +46  173 140 57                   Computers
Sweden                     +46  70 511 97 84                 Consulting
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

diff
Description: diff