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-rwxr-xr-xconfigure7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3c72fa07df..b4f137956b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1239,9 +1239,10 @@ 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 ! "$python" -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info < (2,4) or sys.version_info >= (3,))'; then
+ echo "Cannot use '$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