-dnl FIXME: This needs to be a proper check
-AC_DEFUN([NETATALK_PROG_PERL], [
- PERL=/usr/bin/perl
+dnl Autoconf macro to check for the existence of Perl
+dnl $Id: perl-check.m4,v 1.4 2002-03-12 11:03:49 srittau Exp $
+
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_PERL], [
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_EXEEXT])dnl
+ test "x$PERL" = x && AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl$EXEEXT, perl$EXEEXT)
+ test "x$PERL" = x && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable Perl found in \$PATH])
])
AC_SUBST(PERL)