--- deliantra/server/configure.ac	2007/03/05 19:54:49	1.54
+++ deliantra/server/configure.ac	2007/03/06 03:06:00	1.56
@@ -17,9 +17,19 @@
 
 AC_PROG_CPP
 
+AC_PATH_PROG(CONVERT, convert)
+
+if test -z "$CONVERT"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([ImageMagick 'convert' must be in your PATH, see the README])
+fi
+
 AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl5.8)
-AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl5)
-AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl)
+if test -z "$PERL"; then
+   AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl5)
+   if test -z "$PERL"; then
+      AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl)
+   fi
+fi
 
 for module_vers in "Crossfire 0.97" "Coro 3.5" "Coro::Event 2.1" "Event 1.08" \
                    "IO::AIO 2.32" "BDB 0.1" "Storable 2.0" "Time::HiRes 1.0" "YAML::Syck 0.71" \