From 97a37439d2ef6db84fe5ddf0506e6b72d96189a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:44:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 6288: crash: no attribute 'require_version' - better fix

svn: r21206
---
 gramps/gui/grampsgui.py | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/gui/grampsgui.py b/gramps/gui/grampsgui.py
index 4f0dbb6e9..8bf5bbe78 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/grampsgui.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/grampsgui.py
@@ -46,10 +46,13 @@ PYGOBJ_ERR = False
 try:
     #import gnome introspection, part of pygobject
     import gi
-    giversion = gi.version_info
+    giversion = gi.require_version
 except:
-    PYGOBJ_ERR = True
-
+    print(_("Your version of gi (gnome-instrospection) seems to be too old. "
+            "You need a version which has the function 'require_version' "
+            "to start Gramps"))
+    sys.exit(0)
+            
 if not PYGOBJ_ERR:
     try:
         from gi.repository import GObject