1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/check b/check
index 601f900..b7c5164 100755
--- a/check
+++ b/check
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ class Runcmd:
         p = self.runcmd_unchecked(["which", name], stdout=DEVNULL)
         return p.returncode == 0
 
+    def pandoc_is_newer(self):
+        """Is pandoc new enough for --citeproc"""
+        p = self.runcmd(["pandoc", "--help"], stdout=PIPE)
+        return "--citeproc" in p.stdout.decode("UTF-8")
+
     def cargo(self, args, **kwargs):
         """Run cargo with arguments."""
         self.runcmd(["cargo"] + args, **kwargs)
@@ -329,6 +334,10 @@ def check_tooling(r):
     ]
     for command in commands:
         if not r.got_command(command):
+            if command == "pandoc-citeproc":
+                if r.pandoc_is_newer():
+                    r.msg("     Fortunately pandoc is new enough for --citeproc, no need for pandoc-citeproc")
+                    continue
             sys.exit(f"can't find {command}, which is needed for test suite")
 
     if not r.got_command("daemonize") and not r.got_command("/usr/sbin/daemonize"):