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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-05 18:46:38 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-05 18:46:38 +0000
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Adding upstream version 8.30.upstream/8.30upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+# serial 9
+
+dnl From Jim Meyering.
+dnl Find a new-enough version of Perl.
+
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2001, 2003-2004, 2007, 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_PERL],
+[
+ dnl FIXME: don't hard-code 5.005
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for perl5.005 or newer])
+ if test "${PERL+set}" = set; then
+ # 'PERL' is set in the user's environment.
+ candidate_perl_names="$PERL"
+ perl_specified=yes
+ else
+ candidate_perl_names='perl perl5'
+ perl_specified=no
+ fi
+
+ found=no
+ AC_SUBST([PERL])
+ PERL="$am_missing_run perl"
+ for perl in $candidate_perl_names; do
+ # Run test in a subshell; some versions of sh will print an error if
+ # an executable is not found, even if stderr is redirected.
+ if ( $perl -e 'require 5.005; use File::Compare' ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ PERL=$perl
+ found=yes
+ break
+ fi
+ done
+
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$found])
+ test $found = no && AC_MSG_WARN([
+WARNING: You don't seem to have perl5.005 or newer installed, or you lack
+ a usable version of the Perl File::Compare module. As a result,
+ you may be unable to run a few tests or to regenerate certain
+ files if you modify the sources from which they are derived.
+] )
+])