diff --git a/perl/Makefile.PL b/perl/Makefile.PL
index 320253eb8e91eb1d914aa4e34f7d3af4649b9b39..0b9deca2cc6ef77897a23b2096a7acdd577c2482 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/Makefile.PL
+++ b/perl/Makefile.PL
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
}