Re: [perl #76752] pod2html having problems with B<< foo->{bar} >>

Time to switch pod2html to use Pod::Simple::HTMLLegacy?

  http://www.mail-archive.com/pod-people@perl.org/msg01326.html

Best,

David

On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:32 AM, jpl@research.att.com (via RT) wrote:

> # New Ticket Created by  jpl@research.att.com 
> # Please include the string:  [perl #76752]
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> # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=76752 >
> 
> 
> 
> This is a bug report for perl from jpl@research.att.com,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.8.
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> [Please enter your report here]
> 
> File t.pod contains
> 
>    =head2 title
> 
>    B<< foo->{bar} >>
> 
> If I run
> 
>    /honk/perl5.12.1/bin/pod2html t.pod > t.html
> 
> (to get the 5.12.1 version), the relevant part of t.html
> looks like
> 
>    <h2><a name="title">title</a></h2>
>    <p><strong>foo-</strong>{bar} &gt;&gt;</p>
> 
> So the > in foo-> is closing the B<<, and the proper
> closing pattern >> is getting escaped verbatim.
> This is true of every release of pod2html I can find.
> I must be doing something wrong, this cannot have gone
> unnoticed for years.  But it sure looks like I'm using
> the B<< ... >> escape exactly as perldoc perlpod specifies,
> with a blank after the << and before the >>.  -- jpl
> 
> PS: I see this report is using perl5.8.8 as appears on
> the machine where I send mail.  Same problem there.
> 
> [Please do not change anything below this line]
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> Flags:
>    category=utilities
>    severity=medium
> ---
> This perlbug was built using Perl v5.8.8 in the Red Hat build system.
> It is being executed now by Perl v5.8.8 - Mon Jun  7 21:25:07 EDT 2010.
> 
> Site configuration information for perl v5.8.8:
> 
> Configured by Red Hat, Inc. at Mon Jun  7 21:25:07 EDT 2010.
> 
> Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
>  Platform:
>    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18-53.el5, archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi
>    uname='linux builder10.centos.org 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 smp mon nov 12 02:14:55 est 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
>    config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -Dversion=5.8.8 -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Dlibpth=/usr/local/lib64 /lib64 /usr/lib64 -Dprivlib=/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 -Dsitelib=/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 -Dvendorlib=/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 -Darchlib=/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi -Dsitearch=/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi -Darchname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl=n -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr -Dd_gethostent_r_proto -Ud_end
> hostent_r_proto -Ud_sethostent_r_proto -Ud_endprotoent_r_proto -Ud_setprotoent_r_proto -Ud_endservent_r_proto -Ud_setservent_r_proto -Dinc_version_list=5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 -Dscriptdir=/usr/bin'
>    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
>    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define
>    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
>    use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef
>    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
>  Compiler:
>    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
>    optimize='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic',
>    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
>    ccversion='', gccversion='4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)', gccosandvers=''
>    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
>    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
>    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
>    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
>  Linker and Libraries:
>    ld='gcc', ldflags =''
>    libpth=/usr/local/lib64 /lib64 /usr/lib64
>    libs=-lresolv -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
>    perllibs=-lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
>    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
>    gnulibc_version='2.5'
>  Dynamic Linking:
>    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
>    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic'
> 
> Locally applied patches:
> 
> 
> ---
> @INC for perl v5.8.8:
>    /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
>    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
>    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
>    /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
>    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8
>    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
>    /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
>    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8
>    .
> 
> ---
> Environment for perl v5.8.8:
>    HOME=/home/jpl
>    LANG=C
>    LANGUAGE (unset)
>    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
>    LOGDIR (unset)
>    PATH=/home/jpl/x86_64bin:/home/jpl/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/etc:/usr/common/bin:/usr/games:.
>    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
>    SHELL=/bin/ksh
> 

• [perl #76752] pod2html having problems with B<< foo->{bar} >> by jpl @ research . att . com
• Re: [perl #76752] pod2html having problems with B<< foo->{bar} >> by David E. Wheeler
• Re: [perl #76752] pod2html having problems with B<< foo->{bar} >> by Nicholas Clark