On 10/02/2023 01.31, John Snow wrote:
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"
IMHO the "Python > 3.6" is already pretty clear, and the hints that you
provide here will expire pretty fast (unless you bump them regularly), so
I'd rather drop this patch. Just my 0.02 €.
Thomas
