GNU bug report logs - #52844
missing perl not recognized properly by configure

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Serge Belyshev <belyshev <at> depni.sinp.msu.ru>

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 08:49:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 52844-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Serge Belyshev <belyshev <at> depni.sinp.msu.ru>
Cc: 52844-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52844: missing perl not recognized properly by configure
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:08:22 -0800
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 12/27/21 23:07, Serge Belyshev wrote:

> -case $PERL in *"/missing "*) cu_have_perl=no;; esac
> +case $PERL in */missing*) cu_have_perl=no;; esac

Thanks for the bug report and suggested fix. On the whole I think it'd 
be better to address the nearby FIXME instead, so I did that by 
installing this into Gnulib:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=8220e0f0b5f46ff61e1d19f8a1614508fa162abd

and the attached into Coreutils. Please give it a try. In the meantime 
I'll assume this will fix the bug for you and so am boldly closing the 
bug report; if that's wrong we can reopen it.
[0001-build-update-gnulib-submodule-to-latest.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0002-build-be-more-careful-about-Perl.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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