Re: [PATCH 1/3] configure: Add test for Perl

From: Dennis Stosberg <dennis@stosberg.net>
Date: Jul 6, 2006, 13:29 UTC
Message-ID: <20060706132951.G5731ccca@leonov.stosberg.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060706161011.ccc2ea1c.tihirvon@gmail.com>

Timo Hirvonen wrote:

> "which" isn't portable. On SunOS 5.9 "which foo" prints error message to
> stdout and returns 0.  I use this in my own configure scripts:

Yes, you're right and that function looks fine. I will resend the patches later, but I'll wait a few hours for further comments.

Regards, Dennis

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