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-rw-r--r--bootstrap.conf10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index a29159029..c3527180a 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ gettext 0.17
git 1.5.5
gzip -
libtool -
+patch -
perl 5.5
pkg-config -
python-config -
@@ -203,10 +204,11 @@ tar -
xmllint -
xsltproc -
"
-# You don't have to be on a system with rpm; rather, if you happen to
-# be on RHEL 5, then this bypasses the bootstrap logic that probes for
-# a working 'python-config --version'.
-if `(rpm -q python-devel) >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
+# Use rpm as a fallback to bypass the bootstrap probe for python-config,
+# for the sake of RHEL 5; without requiring it on newer systems that
+# have python-config to begin with.
+if `(${PYTHON_CONFIG-python-config} --version;
+ test $? -lt 126 || rpm -q python-devel) >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
PYTHON_CONFIG=true
fi