--- configure.orig	Sun Mar 19 20:14:57 2006
+++ configure	Mon May 22 12:43:14 2006
@@ -6244,9 +6244,6 @@
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 fi
 
-if test -z "${_PATH_PERL}" ; then
-    { echo "configure: error: perl was not found in path and is required" 1>&2; exit 1; }
-fi
 # Extract the first word of "sh", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy sh; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -6402,24 +6399,6 @@
 done
 test -n "$_PATH_UUX" || _PATH_UUX="uux"
 
-
-inn_perl_command='print $]'
-
-
-echo $ac_n "checking for Perl version""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:6411: checking for Perl version" >&5
-if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'inn_cv_perl_version'+set}'`\" = set"; then
-  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
-else
-  if $_PATH_PERL -e 'require 5.004_03;' > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-    inn_cv_perl_version=`$_PATH_PERL -e "$inn_perl_command"`
-else
-    { echo "configure: error: Perl 5.004_03 or greater is required" 1>&2; exit 1; }
-fi
-fi
-
-echo "$ac_t""$inn_cv_perl_version" 1>&6
-
 pgpverify=true
 for ac_prog in gpgv
 do
@@ -11852,40 +11831,3 @@
 chmod +x $CONFIG_STATUS
 rm -fr confdefs* $ac_clean_files
 test "$no_create" = yes || ${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} $CONFIG_STATUS || exit 1
-
-
-cat <<EOM
-
-Please check the following files before running make, to ensure that 
-everything was set correctly.
-
-	Makefile.global
-	include/config.h
-	include/paths.h
-	innfeed/innfeed.h
-
-EOM
-
-if $_PATH_PERL -e "exit((stat('$tmpdir'))[2] & 2)" > /dev/null ; then
-    :
-else
-    cat <<EOM
-
-WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
-
-  The temporary directory you have configured is world-writeable.  It is
-  currently set to $tmpdir.
-
-  This directory is used by INN for temporary files and should only be
-  writeable by the news user.  INN does not go to great lengths to prevent
-  symlink attacks and the like because it assumes this directory is not
-  world-writeable.  By configuring INN in this fashion, you may be
-  introducing a locally exploitable security hole.
-
-  It is STRONGLY recommended that you use a temporary directory reserved for
-  INN's exclusive use, one which is not world-writeable.  You can do this
-  either with --with-tmp-dir or by setting --prefix to something other than
-  /usr or /.
-
-EOM
-fi