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commit 21b9de7126d581e81a120e6a8250f728095fcba2
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 25 19:22:42 2026 -0600
m4/groff.m4: Update error messages.
* m4/groff.m4 (GROFF_PERL): Refer to Perl "executable", not "binary";
whether an executable is an object file is not our concern. When
failing because the available version of Perl is too old, report the
minimum version we require.
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
m4/groff.m4 | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b93f4e2d6..35153bc6a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2026-01-25 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * m4/groff.m4 (GROFF_PERL): Update error messages. Refer to
+ Perl "executable", not "binary"; whether an executable is an
+ object file is not our concern. When failing because the
+ available version of Perl is too old, report the minimum version
+ we require.
+
2026-01-25 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* doc/doc.am: Abstract `-P-W` option to "gropdf" into a new
diff --git a/m4/groff.m4 b/m4/groff.m4
index d8a7b501a..25a21e6fd 100644
--- a/m4/groff.m4
+++ b/m4/groff.m4
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([GROFF_PERL], [
AC_PATH_PROG([PERL], [perl], [no])
if test "$PERL" = no
then
- AC_MSG_ERROR([perl binary not found], 1)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([perl executable not found], 1)
fi
AX_PROG_PERL_VERSION([$PERLVERSION], true,
- AC_MSG_ERROR([perl version is too old], 1))
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([perl version is too old (need $PERLVERSION)], 1))
])
# We need m4 to generate some man pages.
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