disabling suidperl in Configure

[Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>]

What's the best way to disable suidperl in Configure for 5.11 and later, whilst
still allowing it for 5.10.Inf and earlier? Something like the appended?

Nicholas Clark

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index ed9f4df..08441cd 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -6366,6 +6366,7 @@ eval $setvar
 $rm -f reflect flect
 
 : now see if they want to do setuid emulation
+if $test $patchlevel -lt 11; then
 echo " "
 val="$undef"
 case "$d_suidsafe" in
@@ -6397,6 +6398,20 @@ EOM
 esac
 set d_dosuid
 eval $setvar
+else
+    case "$d_dosuid" in
+	"$define")
+	cat >&4 <<EOH
+
+SUID emulation has been removed for 5.12
+Please re-run Configure without -Dd_dosuid
+
+EOH
+	exit 1;
+	;;
+    esac
+    d_dosuid=undef
+fi
 
 : Find perl5.005 or later.
 echo "Looking for a previously installed perl5.005 or later... "

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