1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fe13186..0b34bba 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ do
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
     for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
   if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_PERL=""
+    ac_cv_prog_PERL="true"
     $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
     break 2
   fi
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ done
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
-  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_PERL" && ac_cv_prog_PERL="$PATH"
+  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_PERL" && ac_cv_prog_PERL="false"
 fi
 fi
 PERL=$ac_cv_prog_PERL
@@ -3046,7 +3046,7 @@ $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
-if test "x$PERL" = "xfalse"; then
+if test "x$PERL" != "xtrue"; then
    as_fn_error $? "*** Perl is required for installing HDF5, but Perl could not be found!" "$LINENO" 5
 fi