1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 004fc63..b624fee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ else
     usrprefix=$prefix
 fi
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for epoch tag of perl-base package])
+PERLEPOCH=`rpm -q --queryformat '%|EPOCH?{[%{EPOCH}]:}|' perl-base`
+if test "$?" != 0; then
+	PERLEPOCH=""
+fi
+AC_SUBST(PERLEPOCH)
+
+if test $PERLEPOCH; then
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PERLEPOCH])
+else
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
+
 RPMLIBDIR="${usrprefix}/lib/rpm"
 AC_ARG_WITH(rpmlibdir, [  --with-rpmlibdir=dir    location of rpm config file ])
 if test $with_rpmlibdir; then