On Tuesday 11 August 2009 17:57:47 Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > It STILL does not work for me, though at least it is not a syntax > error. > > This is what I have in configure.ac > > minimum_perl_version="5.6.0" So, within configure you run perl -e 'require 5.6.0' Try running that yourself, from the shell prompt; do you see what the problem is now? (Hint: you have a minor version of 8, but you require a much later minor version of 600 or more -- it's arcane, but it seems to be how perl interprets that version number). -- Regards, Keith. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf