[PATCH 2/2] Fix Meson Perl version check

From

POPeter Oliver <p.d.oliver@mavit.org.uk>

Date

Jan 20, 2025, 16:03 UTC

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<20250120160301.121245-2-git@mavit.org.uk>

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<20250120160301.121245-1-git@mavit.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Peter Oliver <git@mavit.org.uk>
---
 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