On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Nothing prevents a configure script (written in sh) from using scraps of >>> Perl. Hopefully the script would check that Perl exists before actually >>> using it. >> >> But is there a clean way without having to watch the m4 special >> characters, etc., i.e., some kind of escape so we can change to Perl, >> or ruby, or...? > > No. But you can just use appropriate M4 quotes, and it won't be a > problem as long as [] and () are balanced. > >> Do you know anything about the $PERL thing Paolo mentioned? > > It's nothing special! Just do > > AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl) > > and $PERL will point to the absolute path of the Perl interpreter. > That's what Bob meant by "hopefully the script would check that Perl > exists before actually using it". Thanks, Paolo, I think I can work it out now. -Tom _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
