#512 Bug in configure script

[Ingrid Stairs]

From my sysadmin:

This is the patch for the configure file in the source distribution:

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 347625c..52ed697 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -30806,7 +30806,7 @@ if test ${am_cv_python_version+y}
then :
printf %s "(cached) " >&6
else case e in #(

• e) am_cv_python_version=$PYTHON -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write(sys.version[:3])" ;;
• e) am_cv_python_version=$PYTHON -c "import sys; vi=sys.version_info; sys.stdout.write(f'{vi.major}.{vi.minor}')" ;;
  esac
  fi
  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $am_cv_python_version" >&5

The problem is with the detection of the python version. The current code works for python up to version 3.9. The fix should work for all versions.
The configure file is included in the source but it is in fact autogenerated. The real cause of the bug is in file aclocal.m4.

[Willem van Straten]

Fixed at https://gitlab.com/pulsar-astronomy/psrchive with

commit ea9ecc5001508e59ad3f7eddfd19392d81100fe2
Author: Willem van Straten <vanstraten.willem@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri May 15 06:49:38 2026 +1200

    bugs/512 Disable 'make dist' if automake version is less than 1.17
    (older automakes do not handle Python versions above 3.9)
    Also, both bootstrap and configure scripts ensure that submodules
    are checked out before continuing.