fixes #26 - added check for python versions < 2.6 with error message

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 79ee914..190cab3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@
 
 # This software is licensed under the terms of the BSD license.
 # http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
-
+import sys
 from distutils.core import setup
 
+if sys.version_info < (2, 6):
+    print('for python versions < 2.6 use configobj '
+          'version 4.7.2')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 # TODO - #20 - refactor the way we do versions
 VERSION = '5.0.1'
 NAME = 'configobj'