[PATCH 2/2] Fix Meson Perl version check
From: Peter Oliver <hidden>
Date: 2025-01-20 16:04:44
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Command `perl --version` says, e.g., “This is perl 5, version 26, subversion 0 (v5.26.0)”, which Meson interprets as version 26. Signed-off-by: Peter Oliver <redacted> --- meson.build | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f01d81b39f..bf129205ad 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build@@ -755,7 +755,11 @@ endif # Note that we only set NO_PERL if the Perl features were disabled by the user. # It may not be set when we have found Perl, but only use it to run tests. -perl = find_program('perl', version: '>=5.26.0', dirs: program_path, required: perl_required) +# +# When checking here, it would be better to say, +# version: '>=5.26.0', version_argument: '-eprint "$^V"' +# but that requires Meson 1.5.0, which at the time of writing is rather new. +perl = find_program('perl', version: '>=26', dirs: program_path, required: perl_required) perl_features_enabled = perl.found() and get_option('perl').allowed() if perl_features_enabled build_options_config.set('NO_PERL', '')
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