along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA}
+######################################################################
+##
+## Tcl/Tk sanity check
+
+if {[catch {package require Tcl 8.4} err]
+ || [catch {package require Tk 8.4} err]
+} {
+ catch {wm withdraw .}
+ tk_messageBox \
+ -icon error \
+ -type ok \
+ -title "git-gui: fatal error" \
+ -message $err
+ exit 1
+}
+
######################################################################
##
## configure our library