This patch (adapted from nixpkgs for Build.PL) configures Getopt::Long to pass options so they will be available at the second GetOptions call. Also an option to specify the search path for libfontconfig is added. --- GD-2.56/Build.PL 2014-10-27 20:34:54.000000000 -0500 +++ GD-2.56/Build.PL 2015-02-22 10:08:12.569973657 -0600 @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ use strict; use Module::Build; -use Getopt::Long; +use Getopt::Long qw(:config pass_through); use Config; # =====> PATHS: CHECK AND ADJUST <===== my (@INC,@LIBPATH,@LIBS); my $AUTOCONFIG = 0; # global set by try_to_autoconfigure() below -my ($options,$lib_gd_path,$lib_ft_path,$lib_png_path,$lib_jpeg_path,$lib_xpm_path,$lib_zlib_path); +my ($options,$lib_gd_path,$lib_ft_path,$lib_png_path,$lib_jpeg_path,$lib_xpm_path,$lib_zlib_path,$lib_fontconfig_path); unless (try_to_autoconfigure(\$options,\$lib_gd_path,\@INC,\@LIBPATH,\@LIBS)) { die <<END; @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ "lib_jpeg_path=s" => \$lib_jpeg_path, "lib_xpm_path=s" => \$lib_xpm_path, "lib_zlib_path=s" => \$lib_zlib_path, + "lib_fontconfig_path=s" => \$lib_fontconfig_path, ); unless ($result) { die <<END; @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ -lib_jpeg_path path path to libjpeg -lib_xpm_path path path to libxpm -lib_zlib_path path path to libpng + -lib_fontconfig_path path path to fontconfig -ignore_missing_gd Ignore missing or old libgd installations and try to compile anyway If no options are passed on the command line. The program will @@ -100,6 +102,12 @@ @INC = ("-I$lib_zlib_path/include", @INC); @LIBPATH = ("-L$lib_zlib_path/lib", @LIBPATH); } +if( defined($lib_fontconfig_path) ) +{ + print "Fontconfig library used from: $lib_fontconfig_path\n"; + @INC = ("-I$lib_fontconfig_path/include", @INC); + @LIBPATH = ("-L$lib_fontconfig_path/lib", @LIBPATH); +} ############################################################################################# if ($^O eq 'VMS'){