* Tell compilers they really need Python 2.3 when trying to SCons it all.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 86b5d72996b..cb7871fa456 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ import time
 import sys
 from distutils import sysconfig
 
+if sys.hexversion < 0x2030000:
+	print ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
+	print
+	print "You need at least Python 2.3 to build Blender with SCons"
+	print
+	print ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
+	exit()
+
 if sys.platform != 'win32':
 	sys.stdout = os.popen("tee build.log", "w")
 	sys.stderr = sys.stdout
@@ -1314,6 +1322,13 @@ def printadd(env, target, source):
 def noaction(env, target, source):
 	print "Empty action"
 
+def DistClean(dir2clean):
+	"""
+	Do a removal of the root_build_dir the fast way
+	"""
+	print "distcleaning... %s"%dir2clean
+	print "done"
+
 def BlenderDefault(target):
 	"""
 	The default Blender build.
@@ -1533,6 +1548,7 @@ if user_options_dict['BUILD_BLENDER_PLAYER'] == 1 and user_options_dict['BUILD_G
 release_target = env.Alias("release", BlenderRelease('blender$PROGSUFFIX'))
 default_target = env.Alias("default", BlenderDefault('blender$PROGSUFFIX'))
 wininst_target = env.Alias("winist", BlenderNSIS('blender$PROGSUFFIX'))
+distclean_target = env.Alias("distclean", DistClean(root_build_dir))
 
 Default("default")