Improve error message on MSVC if perl*.lib is not found.

John Harvey, reviewed by Michael Paquier

Discussion: <CABcP5fjEjgOsh097cWnQrsK9yCswo4DZxp-V47DKCH-MxY9Gig@mail.gmail.com>

diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
index 93dfd24a83b8e746d836044fbfffdfcccf0b132e..07c91d1849e6810bf355003c48f65da1978b6fb7 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
@@ -557,16 +557,17 @@ sub mkvcbuild
            }
        }
        $plperl->AddReference($postgres);
+       my $perl_path = $solution->{options}->{perl} . '\lib\CORE\perl*.lib';
        my @perl_libs =
          grep { /perl\d+.lib$/ }
-         glob($solution->{options}->{perl} . '\lib\CORE\perl*.lib');
+         glob($perl_path);
        if (@perl_libs == 1)
        {
            $plperl->AddLibrary($perl_libs[0]);
        }
        else
        {
-           die "could not identify perl library version";
+           die "could not identify perl library version matching pattern $perl_path\n";
        }
 
        # Add transform module dependent on plperl