This patch configures Getopt::Long to pass options so they will be available at the second GetOptions call. Also an option to specify the search path for libfontconfig is added. diff -Naur GD-2.45/Makefile.PL GD-2.45-patched/Makefile.PL --- GD-2.45/Makefile.PL 2009-07-10 13:40:07.000000000 -0430 +++ GD-2.45-patched/Makefile.PL 2010-11-26 22:48:52.372992578 -0430 @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ my (@INC,@LIBPATH,@LIBS); my $AUTOCONFIG = 0; # global set by try_to_autoconfigure() below -my ($options,$lib_gd_path,$lib_ft_path,$lib_png_path,$lib_jpeg_path,$lib_xpm_path,$lib_zlib_path,$force); +my ($options,$lib_gd_path,$lib_ft_path,$lib_png_path,$lib_jpeg_path,$lib_xpm_path,$lib_zlib_path,$lib_fontconfig_path,$force); -use Getopt::Long; +use Getopt::Long qw(:config pass_through); GetOptions("ignore_missing_gd" => \$force); unless (try_to_autoconfigure(\$options,\$lib_gd_path,\@INC,\@LIBPATH,\@LIBS) || $force) { @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ "lib_jpeg_path=s" => \$lib_jpeg_path, "lib_xpm_path=s" => \$lib_xpm_path, "lib_zlib_path=s" => \$lib_zlib_path, + "lib_fontconfig_path=s" => \$lib_fontconfig_path, ); unless ($result) { print STDERR <<END; @@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ -lib_jpeg_path path path to libjpeg -lib_xpm_path path path to libxpm -lib_zlib_path path path to libpng + -lib_fontconfig_path path path to libfontconfig -ignore_missing_gd Ignore missing or old libgd installations and try to compile anyway If no options are passed on the command line. The program will @@ -111,6 +113,12 @@ @INC = ("-I$lib_zlib_path/include", @INC); @LIBPATH = ("-L$lib_zlib_path/lib", @LIBPATH); } +if( defined($lib_fontconfig_path) ) +{ + print "Fontconfig library used from: $lib_fontconfig_path\n"; + @INC = ("-I$lib_fontconfig_path/include", @INC); + @LIBPATH = ("-L$lib_fontconfig_path/lib", @LIBPATH); +} ############################################################################################# if ($^O eq 'VMS'){