[vlc-commits] macOS build.sh: Add check for python3

[David Fuhrmann]

vlc | branch: master | David Fuhrmann <dfuhrmann at videolan.org> | Sun Feb  2 17:07:12 2020 +0100| [caba47d45ff5b7a122a4acab85da418c98d023d8] | committer: David Fuhrmann

macOS build.sh: Add check for python3

Currently, lack of python3 is only detected very late in the build
process. To help developers, bail out early if its not there.

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=caba47d45ff5b7a122a4acab85da418c98d023d8
---

 extras/package/macosx/build.sh | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/extras/package/macosx/build.sh b/extras/package/macosx/build.sh
index be9ea537c7..d45b16da41 100755
--- a/extras/package/macosx/build.sh
+++ b/extras/package/macosx/build.sh
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ export SDKROOT
 vlcSetBaseEnvironment
 vlcroot="$(vlcGetRootDir)"
 
+# Checking prerequisites
+info "Checking for python3 ..."
+python3 --version || { echo "python3 not found. Please install from python.org, or set" \
+	"VLC_PATH environment variable to include python3." \
+	; exit 1; }
+
 
 builddir="$(pwd)"
 info "Building in \"$builddir\""