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-rw-r--r--configure.ac2
-rwxr-xr-xtest/pacman/pactest.py6
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 42416a42..cfcc8d1f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
AC_PROG_AWK
AC_PROG_CC_C99
AC_PROG_INSTALL
-AC_CHECK_PROGS([PYTHON], [python2.7 python2.6 python2.5 python2 python], [false])
+AC_CHECK_PROGS([PYTHON], [python2.7 python2 python], [false])
AC_PATH_PROGS([BASH_SHELL], [bash bash4], [false])
# check for perl 5.10.1 (needed by makepkg-template)
diff --git a/test/pacman/pactest.py b/test/pacman/pactest.py
index d39fcaa5..e21cde7e 100755
--- a/test/pacman/pactest.py
+++ b/test/pacman/pactest.py
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ def create_parser():
if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+ if sys.hexversion < 0x02070000:
+ # bailing now with clear message better than mid-run with unhelpful one
+ tap.bail("Python versions before 2.7 are not supported.")
+ sys.exit(1)
+
# instantiate env and parser objects
root_path = tempfile.mkdtemp()
env = pmenv.pmenv(root=root_path)