configure.ac

@@ -167,6 +167,31 @@ AS_IF([test x"$strip" == x"yyy"], [
   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Not using compiler options to reduce binary size!])
 )
 
+AC_CHECK_PROG([BASH],[bash],[yes])
+AS_IF(
+    [test "x${BASH}" == x"yes"],
+    [],
+    [AC_MSG_WARN([Required executable bash not found, system tests require a bash shell!])])
+
+AC_CHECK_PROG([PYTHON],[python],[yes])
+AS_IF(
+    [test "x${PYTHON}" == x"yes"],
+    [],
+    [AC_MSG_WARN([Required executable python not found, some system tests will fail!])])
+
+dnl macro that checks for specific modules in python
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PYTHON_MODULE],
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([for module $1 in python])
+  echo "import $1" | python -
+  if test $? -ne 0 ; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
+    AC_MSG_WARN([System tests require pyyaml, some tests will fail!])
+  fi
+AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
+])
+
+AC_PYTHON_MODULE([yaml])
+
 AC_SUBST([EXTRA_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([EXTRA_LDFLAGS])