1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 8ed8975edd..02fa6435c0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ def check_sanity(e):
 
         messages = ""
 
+        # Check the Python version, we now use Python 2.6 features in
+        # various classes
+        import sys
+        if sys.hexversion < 0x020600F0:
+                messages = messages + 'Poky requires at least Python 2.6 to run. Please update your Python interpreter.\n'
+
         if (LooseVersion(__version__) < LooseVersion(minversion)):
                 messages = messages + 'Bitbake version %s is required and version %s was found\n' % (minversion, __version__)