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+
+# Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev
+
+
+echo "checking for perl"
+
+
+NGX_PERL_VER=`$NGX_PERL -v 2>&1 | grep '^This is perl' 2>&1 \
+                                | sed -e 's/^This is perl, \(.*\)/\1/'`
+
+if test -n "$NGX_PERL_VER"; then
+    echo " + perl version: $NGX_PERL_VER"
+
+    if [ "`echo 'use 5.006001; print "OK"' | $NGX_PERL 2>&1`" != OK ]; then
+        echo
+        echo "$0: error: perl 5.6.1 or higher is required"
+        echo
+
+        exit 1;
+    fi
+
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `$NGX_PERL -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts`"
+    ngx_perl_ldopts=`$NGX_PERL -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts`
+
+    if $NGX_PERL -V:usemultiplicity | grep define > /dev/null; then
+        have=NGX_HAVE_PERL_MULTIPLICITY . auto/have
+        echo " + perl interpreter multiplicity found"
+    fi
+
+    if $NGX_PERL -V:useithreads | grep define > /dev/null; then
+        have=NGX_HAVE_PERL_CLONE . auto/have
+        echo " + perl_clone() found"
+
+    else
+        # FreeBSD port wants to link with -pthread non-threaded perl
+        ngx_perl_ldopts=`echo $ngx_perl_ldopts | sed 's/ -pthread//'`
+    fi
+
+    CORE_LINK="$CORE_LINK $ngx_perl_ldopts"
+    LINK_DEPS="$LINK_DEPS $NGX_OBJS/src/http/modules/perl/blib/arch/auto/nginx/nginx.so"
+
+    if test -n "$NGX_PERL_MODULES"; then
+        have=NGX_PERL_MODULES value="(u_char *) \"$NGX_PERL_MODULES\""
+        . auto/define
+    fi
+
+else
+    echo
+    echo "$0: error: perl 5.6.1 or higher is required"
+    echo
+
+    exit 1;
+fi