From: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:57:41 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: configure: make perl path with whitespace a warning, not error.
X-Git-Tag: v1.17.90~40
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5beb339d15db32dd4df3ddc711adb3ece2851e42;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git

configure: make perl path with whitespace a warning, not error.

For https://bugs.gnu.org/74453.
See also https://bugs.gnu.org/62896.

* configure.ac (PERL): use AC_MSG_WARN.
---

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e4c7a126c..fb2b37076 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ case $PERL in
    AC_MSG_ERROR([perl not found])
    ;;
  *' '* | *'	'*)
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([The path to your Perl contains spaces or tabs.
-This would cause build failures later or unusable programs.
-Please use a path without spaces and try again.])
+  AC_MSG_WARN([The path to your Perl contains spaces or tabs.
+This will likely cause build failures later or unusable programs.
+Unless you're specifying a full string for a #! line,
+as in "/usr/bin/env perl",
+please use a path without spaces and try again.])
   ;;
 esac