Index: autoconf-2.61/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- autoconf-2.61.orig/configure.ac	2006-11-17 11:04:48.000000000 -0800
+++ autoconf-2.61/configure.ac	2009-09-19 16:37:40.000000000 -0700
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@
 if test "$PERL" = no; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([perl is not found])
 fi
-$PERL -e 'require 5.005_03;' || {
-   AC_MSG_ERROR([Perl 5.005_03 or better is required])
-}
-
 
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 ## Emacs.  ##
Index: autoconf-2.61/configure
===================================================================
--- autoconf-2.61.orig/configure	2006-11-17 11:05:17.000000000 -0800
+++ autoconf-2.61/configure	2009-09-19 16:38:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@
 # Let the site file select an alternate cache file if it wants to.
 # Prefer explicitly selected file to automatically selected ones.
 if test -n "$CONFIG_SITE"; then
-  set x "$CONFIG_SITE"
+  set x $CONFIG_SITE
 elif test "x$prefix" != xNONE; then
   set x "$prefix/share/config.site" "$prefix/etc/config.site"
 else
@@ -2406,12 +2406,6 @@
 echo "$as_me: error: perl is not found" >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 fi
-$PERL -e 'require 5.005_03;' || {
-   { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Perl 5.005_03 or better is required" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: Perl 5.005_03 or better is required" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-}
-
 
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 ## Emacs.  ##