Re: automake-1.17 fails with latest Perl (5.41.8) - Possible precedence problem between ! and numeric eq (==)

    PERL5OPT= $MAKE check || st=$?

Done, thanks.

    Unsetting PERL5OPT before the test runs automake defeats the purpose of 
    using PERL5OPT here, which is that warnings raised while running 
    Automake should be fatal.

I know, but it seemed so minor to worry about it for this one test among
hundreds. But anyway, yes, in principle, better this way. Hopefully done
for good now :). --thanks, karl.