-*** You don't seem to have perl5.003 or newer installed.
-*** Because of that, you may be unable to regenerate certain files
-*** if you modify the sources from which they are derived.] )
+WARNING: You don't seem to have perl5.003 or newer installed, or you lack
+ a usable version of the Perl File::Compare module. As a result,
+ you may be unable to run a few tests or to regenerate certain
+ files if you modify the sources from which they are derived.
+] )