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Subject: Re: Perldoc issue with perl-5.8.8-3 - missing pod2man5.8.8
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roman.vasicek@email.cz schrieb:
> Hi all,
> after upgrading perl to the version 5.8.8 I can't use perldoc to wiew perl documentation. perldoc is searching for pod2man5.8.8 instead of pod2man which is already preset in /usr/bin. Creating symbolic link pod2man5.8.8 -> /usr/bin/pod2man solve this issue.
> Example:
> 
> $ perldoc -f chr
> Error while formatting with Pod::Perldoc::ToMan:
>  Can't find a pod2man?! (pod2man5.8.8)
> Aborting at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/Pod/Perldoc/Toman.pm line 59.
> 
> Got a 0-length file from /tmp/hsC0HbdpvB via Pod::Perldoc::ToMan!?

The real fix will be in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/Config_heavy.pl

diff -ub Config_heavy.pl.orig Config_heavy.pl
--- Config_heavy.pl.orig        2007-07-16 18:14:04.531250000 +0000
+++ Config_heavy.pl     2007-07-19 20:48:10.296875000 +0000
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@
  vendorscriptexp='/usr/bin'
  version='5.8.8'
  version_patchlevel_string='version 8 subversion 8'
-versiononly='define'
+versiononly=''
  vi=''
  voidflags='15'
  xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'


I'll prepare a fixed -4 release for this stupid issue.

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