--- configure.orig	Sun Aug  2 06:48:40 1998
+++ configure	Fri Sep  8 00:13:50 2000
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 if test "${with_perl+set}" = set; then
   withval="$with_perl"
   perlprog=$with_perl
-perlvers=`$perlprog -v | grep version | sed -e 's/.* version //' -e 's/ built.*//' -e 's/ with.*//'`
+perlvers=`$perlprog -v | grep "This is perl" | sed -e 's/^.* version //' -e 's/^.* v//' -e 's/ built.*//' -e 's/ with.*//'`
 
 else
   TMPFILE=/tmp/x.$$
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
 PATH_PERL=$perlprog
 echo "$ac_t""$perlprog v$perlvers" 1>&6
 case $perlvers in
-    5.003* | 5.004* | 5.005* | 5.006* )
+    5.003* | 5.004* | 5.005* | 5.006* | 5.6.*)
         ;;
     * ) echo ""
         echo "Latest Perl found on your system is $perlvers,"
@@ -617,6 +617,8 @@
 	    perlvnum=`echo $perlvers | sed -e 's/\.//' -e 's/_//'` ;; 
     5.00[3-6] ) 
 	    perlvnum=`echo $perlvers | sed -e 's/\.//' -e 's/$/00/'` ;; 
+    5.6.* ) 
+	    perlvnum=`echo $perlvers | sed -e 's/\.//' -e 's/\./0/' -e 's/$/00/'` ;; 
 	* ) 
 	    perlvnum=`echo $perlvers | sed -e 's/\.//' -e 's/_//'` ;; 
 esac