Index: trunk/ippTools/configure.ac
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--- trunk/ippTools/configure.ac	(revision 12059)
+++ trunk/ippTools/configure.ac	(revision 12086)
@@ -47,4 +47,10 @@
 fi
 
+dnl check for perl
+AC_PATH_PROG([PERL], [perl], [missing])
+if test "$PERL" = "missing" ; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([perl is required])
+fi
+
 IPP_STDOPTS
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=} -Wall -Werror -std=c99"