#41824: gtk-doc: configure cannot detect Perl on Snow Leopard -----------------------------+---------------------- Reporter: fatima.chami@… | Owner: devans@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.2.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: gtk-doc | -----------------------------+---------------------- Comment (by egall@…): These are the relevant lines in the configure.ac file: {{{ AC_MSG_CHECKING([if Perl version >= 5.6.0]) if "$PERL" -e "require v5.6.0"; then AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) else AC_MSG_RESULT([no]) AC_MSG_ERROR([perl >= 5.6.0 is required for gtk-doc]) fi }}} Simplifying it into a one-liner that can be executed manually on the command-line, it becomes: [[BR]] `if /opt/local/bin/perl -e "require v5.6.0"; then echo "yes"; else echo "no"; fi`, which returns "yes" for me: {{{ $ if /opt/local/bin/perl -e "require v5.6.0"; then echo "yes"; else echo "no"; fi yes }}} what does `/opt/local/bin/perl --version` return for you? For me, it is: {{{ $ /opt/local/bin/perl --version This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 5 (v5.12.5) built for darwin- thread-multi-2level Copyright 1987-2012, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. }}} Perhaps the gtk-doc Portfile could set `configure.perl` to a specific version that is known to work instead of just trusting that whatever `${prefix}/bin/perl` is a symlink to will work? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41824#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X