@@ -1631,6 +1631,23 @@ for opt do
esac
done
+if test -n "$python"
+then
+ # Preserve python version since some functionality is dependent on it
+ python_version=$($python -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d.%d" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1], sys.version_info[2]))' 2>/dev/null)
+
+ # Suppress writing compiled files
+ python="$python -B"
+
+ # Note that if the Python conditional here evaluates True we will exit
+ # with status 1 which is a shell 'false' value.
+ if ! $python -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info < (3,5))'; then
+ print_error "Cannot use '$python', Python >= 3.5 is required." \
+ "Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python."
+ python=
+ fi
+fi
+
firmwarepath="${firmwarepath:-$prefix/share/qemu-firmware}"
libdir="${libdir:-$prefix/lib}"
libexecdir="${libexecdir:-$prefix/libexec}"
@@ -1962,19 +1979,6 @@ then
error_exit "Python not found. Use --python=/path/to/python"
fi
-# Note that if the Python conditional here evaluates True we will exit
-# with status 1 which is a shell 'false' value.
-if ! $python -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info < (3,5))'; then
- error_exit "Cannot use '$python', Python >= 3.5 is required." \
- "Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python."
-fi
-
-# Preserve python version since some functionality is dependent on it
-python_version=$($python -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d.%d" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1], sys.version_info[2]))' 2>/dev/null)
-
-# Suppress writing compiled files
-python="$python -B"
-
if test -z "$meson"; then
if test "$explicit_python" = no && has meson && version_ge "$(meson --version)" 0.55.1; then
meson=meson