Only run pylint if new enough

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/check b/check
index d1281d5..058be2e 100755
--- a/check
+++ b/check
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ python -m CoverageTestRunner icklib --ignore-missing-from without-tests
 rm .coverage
 
 pep8 ick icklib/*.py
-pylint --rcfile=pylint.conf ick icklib
+
+# We only run pylint if it's new enough. We assume check is being run
+# on Debian, to be able to use dpkg --compare-versions.
+v="$(pylint --version 2>/dev/null | awk '/^pylint/ { print $2 }' | tr -d ,)"
+if dpkg --compare-versions "$v" ge 1.3.1
+then
+    pylint --rcfile=pylint.conf ick icklib
+fi
 
 if env | grep '^ICK_UNSTABLE_TEST_TARGET'
 then