Allow the compiler name to contain periods. https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1375/ --- configure.orig 2018-07-16 09:33:50.000000000 -0500 +++ configure 2018-09-12 23:15:49.000000000 -0500 @@ -25703,7 +25675,7 @@ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for Perl cc" >&5 $as_echo_n "checking for Perl cc... " >&6; } - PERLCC=`$myperl -V:cc | $myperl -n -e 'print if (s/^\s*cc=.([-=\w\s\/]+).;\s*/$1/);'` + PERLCC=`$myperl -V:cc | $myperl -n -e 'print if (s/^\s*cc=.([-=\w\s\/.]+).;\s*/$1/);'` if test "x$PERLCC" != "x" ; then { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $PERLCC" >&5