If we begin requiring Python 3.7+, a few platforms are going to need to install an additional package.
This is at least mildly annoying to the user (and I hate negative attention), so solve the user's problem for them before they get a chance to become irritated while searching on Google for how to install newer Python packages. Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com> --- configure | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index ea8c973d13b..bf512273f44 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -1058,7 +1058,10 @@ fi if ! check_py_version "$python"; then error_exit "Cannot use '$python', Python >= 3.6 is required." \ - "Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python." + "Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python." \ + "Maybe try:" \ + " openSUSE Leap 15.3+: zypper install python39" \ + " CentOS 8: dnf install python38" fi # Suppress writing compiled files -- 2.39.0
