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On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 02:49:31PM +0100, Tom Hukins wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:01:32AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> > I've just uploaded 5.10.1-RC2 to CPAN.
>
> Reading through its perldelta on search.cpan, I noticed a strange
> link:
> http://search.cpan.org/~dapm/perl-5.10.1-RC2/pod/perl5101delta.pod#DTrace_support
>
> The 'See "DTrace support" in INSTALL' link ends up at:
> http://search.cpan.org/~capttofu/DBD-drizzle-0.300/lib/DBD/drizzle/INSTALL.pod#DTrace_support
>
> Arguably, this quirk needs fixing on search.cpan itself, but many
> people read Perl's documentation this way.
>
> Given that INSTALL only ships with Perl's source, the link won't go
> anywhere meaningful for most people. I suggest keeping the text as-is
> but removing the link. Or maybe the link could go somewhere more
> suitable.
Thanks for spotting this. I've removed the link as the easiest workaround.
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