# HG changeset patch # User Paul Wise # Date 1576934745 -28800 # Node ID 292ad0f71fd42962134c5cd0f11d2e6331ac5495 # Parent f03ee7e0ccc3379e3f93018778010ac5733ccec0 Add operator and quotes to the AX_PYTHON_DEVEL parameter The operator is required and the quotes are needed to protect PYTHON_VERSION. See-also: https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_python_devel.html Fixes: checking whether to build the libpst python interface... yes checking for python build information... checking for python3.7... python3.7 checking for main in -lpython3.7... no checking for main in -lpython3.7m... yes results of the Python check: Binary: python3.7 Library: python3.7m Include Dir: /usr/include/python3.7m checking for python3.7... /usr/bin/python3.7 checking for a version of Python >= '2.1.0'... yes checking for a version of Python 3.7... File "", line 1 import sys; ver = sys.version.split ()[0]; print (ver 3.7) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax no configure: error: this package requires Python 3.7. If you have it installed, but it isn't the default Python interpreter in your system path, please pass the PYTHON_VERSION variable to configure. See ``configure --help'' for reference. diff -r f03ee7e0ccc3 -r 292ad0f71fd4 configure.ac --- a/configure.ac Sat Dec 21 21:25:45 2019 +0800 +++ b/configure.ac Sat Dec 21 21:25:45 2019 +0800 @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ PYTHON_VERSION=`echo $ax_python_bin | cut -c7-` # find the flags for that version - AX_PYTHON_DEVEL([$PYTHON_VERSION]) + AX_PYTHON_DEVEL([>= '$PYTHON_VERSION']) # do we have boost python? AX_BOOST_PYTHON