$NetBSD: patch-configure,v 1.6 2021/09/29 11:46:39 adam Exp $

Lower python requirement to the lowest available 3.x version in pkgsrc.

--- configure.orig	2021-09-21 13:09:48.000000000 +0000
+++ configure
@@ -19131,13 +19131,13 @@ fi
 
         if test -n "$PYTHON"; then
       # If the user set $PYTHON, use it and don't search something else.
-      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $PYTHON version is >= 3.8" >&5
-printf %s "checking whether $PYTHON version is >= 3.8... " >&6; }
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $PYTHON version is >= 3.6" >&5
+printf %s "checking whether $PYTHON version is >= 3.6... " >&6; }
       prog="import sys
 # split strings by '.' and convert to numeric.  Append some zeros
 # because we need at least 4 digits for the hex conversion.
 # map returns an iterator in Python 3.0 and a list in 2.x
-minver = list(map(int, '3.8'.split('.'))) + [0, 0, 0]
+minver = list(map(int, '3.6'.split('.'))) + [0, 0, 0]
 minverhex = 0
 # xrange is not present in Python 3.0 and range returns an iterator
 for i in list(range(0, 4)): minverhex = (minverhex << 8) + minver[i]
@@ -19159,8 +19159,8 @@ fi
     else
       # Otherwise, try each interpreter until we find one that satisfies
       # VERSION.
-      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 3.8" >&5
-printf %s "checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 3.8... " >&6; }
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 3.6" >&5
+printf %s "checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 3.6... " >&6; }
 if test ${am_cv_pathless_PYTHON+y}
 then :
   printf %s "(cached) " >&6
@@ -19172,7 +19172,7 @@ else $as_nop
 # split strings by '.' and convert to numeric.  Append some zeros
 # because we need at least 4 digits for the hex conversion.
 # map returns an iterator in Python 3.0 and a list in 2.x
-minver = list(map(int, '3.8'.split('.'))) + [0, 0, 0]
+minver = list(map(int, '3.6'.split('.'))) + [0, 0, 0]
 minverhex = 0
 # xrange is not present in Python 3.0 and range returns an iterator
 for i in list(range(0, 4)): minverhex = (minverhex << 8) + minver[i]
@@ -19254,7 +19254,7 @@ if test ${am_cv_python_version+y}
 then :
   printf %s "(cached) " >&6
 else $as_nop
-  am_cv_python_version=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print ('%u.%u' % sys.version_info[:2])"`
+  am_cv_python_version=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write(sys.version[:3])"`
 fi
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $am_cv_python_version" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "$am_cv_python_version" >&6; }