bail out if perl is missing, it is needed for building curl anyway

  exit 1

fi

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

# perl check

#

PERL=`findtool perl`

# ------------------------------------------------------------

${LIBTOOLIZE:-libtoolize} --copy --automake --force || die "The libtool command failed"

echo "buildconf: running aclocal"

${ACLOCAL:-aclocal} $ACLOCAL_FLAGS || die "The aclocal command line failed"

if test -n "$PERL"; then

  echo "buildconf: running aclocal hack to convert all mv to mv -f"

perl -i.bak -pe 's/\bmv +([^-\s])/mv -f $1/g' aclocal.m4

  $PERL -i.bak -pe 's/\bmv +([^-\s])/mv -f $1/g' aclocal.m4

else

  echo "buildconf: perl not found"

  exit 1

fi

echo "buildconf: running autoheader"

${AUTOHEADER:-autoheader} || die "The autoheader command failed"

echo "buildconf: cp lib/config.h.in src/config.h.in"