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Tsirkin" , John Snow , =?UTF-8?q?Philippe=20Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , Wainer dos Santos Moschetta Subject: [PATCH 24/27] configure: Add courtesy hint to Python version failure message Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 23:54:32 -0400 Message-Id: <20230511035435.734312-25-jsnow@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230511035435.734312-1-jsnow@redhat.com> References: <20230511035435.734312-1-jsnow@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.1 Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=jsnow@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1683777439146100003 If we begin requiring Python 3.7+, a few platforms are going to need to install an additional Python interpreter package. As a courtesy to the user, suggest the optional package they might need to install. This will hopefully minimize any downtime caused by the change in Python dependency. Signed-off-by: John Snow Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 Message-Id: <20230221012456.2607692-3-jsnow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- configure | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index 4175bb49b8..ff654a9f45 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -1092,7 +1092,10 @@ fi =20 if ! check_py_version "$python"; then error_exit "Cannot use '$python', Python >=3D 3.7 is required." \ - "Use --python=3D/path/to/python to specify a supported Python." + "Use --python=3D/path/to/python to specify a supported Python= ." \ + "Maybe try:" \ + " openSUSE Leap 15.3+: zypper install python39" \ + " CentOS 8: dnf install python38" fi =20 # Resolve PATH --=20 2.40.0