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-rw-r--r--perl/Makefile.PL8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/perl/Makefile.PL b/perl/Makefile.PL
index 320253eb8e..0b9deca2cc 100644
--- a/perl/Makefile.PL
+++ b/perl/Makefile.PL
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ sub MY::postamble {
instlibdir:
@echo '$(INSTALLSITELIB)'
+ifneq (,$(DESTDIR))
+ifeq (0,$(shell expr '$(MM_VERSION)' '>' 6.10))
+$(error ExtUtils::MakeMaker version "$(MM_VERSION)" is older than 6.11 and so \
+ is likely incompatible with the DESTDIR mechanism. Try setting \
+ NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER=1 instead)
+endif
+endif
+
MAKE_FRAG
}