From 1966f4332b8a44e7cb6b430cc04d97e9578b460f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Brunner <tobias@strongswan.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:39:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] configure: Make sure Python is available for static builds

We need Python to create files that reference the plugin constructors.
Without it, empty files are created and plugins can't be loaded.

Fixes #3349.
---
 configure.ac | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2836a500e..caaf667a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1379,6 +1379,9 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK(
 )
 if test "x$ss_cv_static_plugin_constructors" = xyes; then
 	static_plugin_constructors=true
+	if test "$PYTHON" = ":"; then
+		AC_MSG_FAILURE([Python is required to resolve plugin constructors statically])
+	fi
 fi
 
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