Index: configure.ac
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RCS file: /cvs/cairo/pycairo/configure.ac,v
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diff -u -r1.67 -r1.66
--- configure.ac	12 Dec 2007 12:14:19 -0000	1.67
+++ configure.ac	6 Apr 2007 08:38:44 -0000	1.66
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL dnl required version (1.4) DON'T REMOVE - used by autogen.sh
 
-AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.4)
+AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.3)
 
 # Checks for libraries ---
 
Index: cairo/pycairo-private.h
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RCS file: /cvs/cairo/pycairo/cairo/pycairo-private.h,v
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diff -u -r1.44 -r1.43
--- cairo/pycairo-private.h	12 Dec 2007 12:14:19 -0000	1.44
+++ cairo/pycairo-private.h	16 Jan 2007 14:59:34 -0000	1.43
@@ -103,6 +103,21 @@
 
 int Pycairo_Check_Status (cairo_status_t status);
 
+/* Python 2.4 compatibility */
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && PY_MINOR_VERSION < 4
+#  define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None
+#  define Py_RETURN_TRUE return Py_INCREF(Py_True), Py_True
+#  define Py_RETURN_FALSE return Py_INCREF(Py_False), Py_False
+#  define Py_CLEAR(op)				\
+        do {                            	\
+                if (op) {			\
+                        PyObject *tmp = (PyObject *)(op);	\
+                        (op) = NULL;		\
+                        Py_DECREF(tmp);		\
+                }				\
+        } while (0)
+#endif /* PY_MAJOR_VERSION */
+
 /* Python 2.5 compatibility */
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000 && !defined(PY_SSIZE_T_MIN)
 typedef int Py_ssize_t;
Index: test/test.py
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RCS file: /cvs/cairo/pycairo/test/test.py,v
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--- test/test.py	12 Dec 2007 12:14:19 -0000	1.3
+++ test/test.py	9 Apr 2005 02:58:43 -0000	1.2
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 def _test():
     # check we are running from the test dir
     assert os.getcwd().endswith('/test'), "test.py must be run from the 'test' directory"
-
+     
     runner = unittest.TextTestRunner()
     suite  = doctest.DocFileSuite (__file__.replace ('.py', '.test'))
     runner.run(suite)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if sys.version_info < (2,4):
+        raise SystemExit ("Python 2.4 or higher required")
     _test()