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authorAlexandre Vassalotti <alexandre@peadrop.com>2009-07-18 00:31:06 +0000
committerAlexandre Vassalotti <alexandre@peadrop.com>2009-07-18 00:31:06 +0000
commit130ae15183df44746463cc9d4dd1d7fadb540e75 (patch)
tree6e1fa474e0eb5accbdfa9a8e3509066042437652 /configure.in
parent2ccefe14300b832b60af4b8d4afdf9f7c9896a82 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-130ae15183df44746463cc9d4dd1d7fadb540e75.tar.gz
Add a check to ensure the correct autoconf version is used
for generating the configure script. Original idea by Martin von Löwis.
Diffstat (limited to 'configure.in')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2add9920d6..77bf364862 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -6,8 +6,16 @@ dnl NOTE: autoconf 2.64 doesn't seem to work (use 2.61).
# Set VERSION so we only need to edit in one place (i.e., here)
m4_define(PYTHON_VERSION, 2.7)
+dnl Some m4 magic to ensure that the configure script is generated
+dnl by the correct autoconf version.
+m4_define([version_required],
+[m4_if(m4_version_compare(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [$1]), 0,
+ [],
+ [m4_fatal([Autoconf version $1 is required for Python], 63)])
+])
+version_required(2.61)
+
AC_REVISION($Revision$)
-AC_PREREQ(2.61)
AC_INIT(python, PYTHON_VERSION, http://bugs.python.org/)
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Include/object.h])
AC_CONFIG_HEADER(pyconfig.h)