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 <git@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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', '')
--
2.48.1
