From 979132f019ed424afe5f73657917e15b2e7f48c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktor Szakats <commit@vsz.me>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 09:27:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] am replace stray $(PERL) with @PERL@

---
 Makefile.am             | 2 +-
 src/Makefile.am         | 8 ++++----
 tests/Makefile.am       | 4 ++--
 tests/certs/Makefile.am | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 515fa3c8b4..08af6cd028 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ rpms:
 	$(MAKE) RPMDIST=curl-ssl rpm
 
 rpm:
-	RPM_TOPDIR=`rpm --showrc | $(PERL) -n -e 'print if(s/.*_topdir\s+(.*)/$$1/)'` ; \
+	RPM_TOPDIR=`rpm --showrc | @PERL@ -n -e 'print if(s/.*_topdir\s+(.*)/$$1/)'` ; \
 	cp $(srcdir)/packages/Linux/RPM/$(RPMDIST).spec $$RPM_TOPDIR/SPECS ; \
 	cp $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz $$RPM_TOPDIR/SOURCES ; \
 	rpm -ba --clean --rmsource $$RPM_TOPDIR/SPECS/$(RPMDIST).spec ; \
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 14202cf945..a25e84490b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ $(HUGE): $(ASCIIPAGE) $(MKHELP)
 	echo '/* !checksrc! disable LONGLINE all */' >> $(HUGE);   \
 	echo '#include "tool_setup.h"' >> $(HUGE);                 \
 	echo '#ifndef HAVE_LIBZ' >> $(HUGE);                       \
-	$(PERL) $(MKHELP) < $(ASCIIPAGE) >> $(HUGE);               \
+	@PERL@ $(MKHELP) < $(ASCIIPAGE) >> $(HUGE);                \
 	echo '#else' >> $(HUGE);                                   \
-	$(PERL) $(MKHELP) -c < $(ASCIIPAGE) >> $(HUGE);            \
+	@PERL@ $(MKHELP) -c < $(ASCIIPAGE) >> $(HUGE);             \
 	echo '#endif /* HAVE_LIBZ */' >> $(HUGE) )
 else # HAVE_LIBZ
 # This generates the tool_hugehelp.c file uncompressed only
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ $(HUGE): $(ASCIIPAGE) $(MKHELP)
 	$(HUGECMD)(                                                \
 	echo '/* !checksrc! disable COPYRIGHT all */' > $(HUGE);   \
 	echo '#include "tool_setup.h"' >> $(HUGE);                 \
-	$(PERL) $(MKHELP) < $(ASCIIPAGE) >> $(HUGE) )
+	@PERL@ $(MKHELP) < $(ASCIIPAGE) >> $(HUGE) )
 endif
 else # PERL
 $(HUGE):
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ if CURL_CA_EMBED_SET
 curl_CPPFLAGS += -DCURL_CA_EMBED
 MK_FILE_EMBED = $(top_srcdir)/src/mk-file-embed.pl
 $(CA_EMBED_CSOURCE): $(MK_FILE_EMBED) $(CURL_CA_EMBED)
-	$(PERL) $(MK_FILE_EMBED) --var curl_ca_embed < $(CURL_CA_EMBED) > $(CA_EMBED_CSOURCE)
+	@PERL@ $(MK_FILE_EMBED) --var curl_ca_embed < $(CURL_CA_EMBED) > $(CA_EMBED_CSOURCE)
 else
 $(CA_EMBED_CSOURCE):
 	echo '/* !checksrc! disable COPYRIGHT all */' > $(CA_EMBED_CSOURCE)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index d03a95cebe..91102004d0 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ else
 TEST_COMMON += !documentation
 endif
 
-TEST = srcdir=$(srcdir) $(PERL) $(PERLFLAGS) $(srcdir)/runtests.pl $(TEST_COMMON)
+TEST = srcdir=$(srcdir) @PERL@ $(PERLFLAGS) $(srcdir)/runtests.pl $(TEST_COMMON)
 TEST_Q = -a -s
 TEST_AM = -a -am
 TEST_F = -a -p -r
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ endif
 
 # make sure that PERL is pointing to an executable
 perlcheck:
-	@if ! test -x "$(PERL)"; then echo "No perl!"; exit 2; fi
+	@if ! test -x "@PERL@"; then echo "No perl!"; exit 2; fi
 
 build-certs: perlcheck
 	(cd certs && $(MAKE))
diff --git a/tests/certs/Makefile.am b/tests/certs/Makefile.am
index c9e1e38c3d..d28b1674da 100644
--- a/tests/certs/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/certs/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ all-am: test-ca.cacert
 # Generate all certs in a single shot, but declare just a single target file
 # to support GNU Make <4.3 without the "grouped explicit targets" feature.
 test-ca.cacert: $(CERTCONFIG_CA) $(CERTCONFIGS) genserv.pl
-	$(PERL) $(srcdir)/genserv.pl test $(CERTCONFIGS)
+	@PERL@ $(srcdir)/genserv.pl test $(CERTCONFIGS)
 
 clean-local:
 	rm -f $(GENERATEDCERTS) \