# HG changeset patch
# User Atul Varma <varmaa@toolness.com>
# Date 1229010746 28800
# Node ID 7fa60aca382d03606eeb532eb1c40b1a7231b16f
# Parent  c14445b5eee020cb0f5a78c784c692b282b4ad9c
More helpful error message if json, simplejson can't be found.

diff -r c14445b5eee0 -r 7fa60aca382d hrm.py
--- a/hrm.py	Thu Dec 11 02:30:54 2008 -0800
+++ b/hrm.py	Thu Dec 11 07:52:26 2008 -0800
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python3.0
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright (c) 2006, Atul Varma
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 #
 #   * setup.py script for easy installation.
 #
-#   * Python 2.x compatibility.
-#
 #   * Unit and/or functional tests; doctests would be really nice.
 #
 #   * If the '-f' parameter isn't supplied, hrm should exit with a
@@ -70,9 +68,17 @@
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
 try:
+    # Python 2.6 and above
     import json
 except ImportError:
-    import simplejson as json
+    try:
+        # Python 2.4 and above
+        import simplejson as json
+    except ImportError:
+        print('Could not import json or simplejson. Please '
+              'either upgrade to Python 2.6 or above, or '
+              'run "sudo easy_install simplejson".')
+        sys.exit(-1)
 
 # Number of hours that must pass before we purge removed files.
 HOURS_TO_PURGE = 48