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 <js...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@linaro.org> Message-Id: <20230221012456.2607692-3-js...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> --- 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 if ! check_py_version "$python"; then error_exit "Cannot use '$python', Python >= 3.7 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 # Resolve PATH -- 2.40.0
