From e3fcdc051ffbaa5993ccc2c615c02cc5fb001c12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Kosukhin <sergey.kosukhin@mpimet.mpg.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:03:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify configure-time checks for Python

---
 configure.ac | 13 +------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2bf08610..91d482af 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -119,18 +119,7 @@ AS_VAR_IF([enable_check], [yes],
   [CHECK_CLIBS=;CHECK_CFLAGS=])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_CHECK], [test x"$enable_check" = xyes])
 
-AS_VAR_IF([enable_python], [yes],
-  [dnl
-dnl AM_PATH_PYTHON does not run ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND when the PYTHON provided by the user
-dnl is too old:
-   m4_define([mtime_python_min_version], [2.7])dnl
-   mtime_python_found=no
-   AS_IF([test -n "$PYTHON"],
-     [AM_PYTHON_CHECK_VERSION([$PYTHON], [mtime_python_min_version],
-        [mtime_python_found=yes])],
-     [AM_PATH_PYTHON([mtime_python_min_version], [mtime_python_found=yes], [:])])
-   AS_VAR_IF([mtime_python_found], [no],
-     [AC_MSG_FAILURE([cannot find suitable Python interpreter])])])
+AS_VAR_IF([enable_python], [yes], [AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.7])])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_PYTHON], [test x"$enable_python" = xyes])
 
 AM_MISSING_PROG([RAGEL], [ragel])
-- 
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