- Lower the bar for the python version check: require >= 2.3 instead of >= 2.4

git-svn-id: svn://svn.gna.org/svn/sgpemv2/trunk@291 3ecf2c5c-341e-0410-92b4-d18e462d057c

configure.ac

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dnl make
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 
 dnl check for python and SWIG
-AC_PYTHON_DEVEL([>= '2.4'])
+AC_PYTHON_DEVEL([>= '2.3'])
 AC_PROG_SWIG
 SWIG_ENABLE_CXX
 SWIG_PYTHON

m4/ac_python_devel.m4

@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PYTHON_DEVEL],[
 	# Allow the use of a (user set) custom python version
 	#
 	AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON_VERSION],[The installed Python
-		version to use, for example '2.3'])
+		version to use, for example '2.3'. This string 
+		will be appended to the Python interpreter
+		canonical name.])
 
 	AC_PATH_PROG([PYTHON],[python[$PYTHON_VERSION]])
 	if test -z "$PYTHON"; then