bpo-45873: Restore Python 3.6 compatibility (GH-29730)

Co-authored-by: Guido van Rossum <gvanrossum@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0684921..711b6d2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3142,7 +3142,7 @@ case $host_os in *\ *) host_os=`echo "$host_os" | sed 's/ /-/g'`;; esac
 # pybuilddir.txt will be created by --generate-posix-vars in the Makefile
 rm -f pybuilddir.txt
 
-for ac_prog in python$PACKAGE_VERSION python3 python
+for ac_prog in python$PACKAGE_VERSION python3.10 python3.9 python3.8 python3.7 python3.6 python3 python
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
@@ -3187,6 +3187,16 @@ test -n "$PYTHON_FOR_REGEN" || PYTHON_FOR_REGEN="python3"
 
 
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking Python for regen version" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking Python for regen version... " >&6; }
+if command -v $PYTHON_FOR_REGEN >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $($PYTHON_FOR_REGEN -V 2>/dev/null)" >&5
+$as_echo "$($PYTHON_FOR_REGEN -V 2>/dev/null)" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: missing" >&5
+$as_echo "missing" >&6; }
+fi
+
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for python interpreter for cross build" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for python interpreter for cross build... " >&6; }