add gps module version check to Python programs

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gegps b/gegps
index ae4956ac..1c6cf177 100755
--- a/gegps
+++ b/gegps
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ import sys
 
 import gps
 
+gps_version = '3.18-dev'
+if gps.__version__ != gps_version:
+    sys.stderr.write("gegps: ERROR: need gps module version %s, got %s\n" %
+                     (gps_version, gps.__version__))
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 KML_OPEN_IN_GE = '''\
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2">