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On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 17:18, Telemachus<telemachus@arpinum.org> wrote: > On Thu Aug 27 2009 @ 4:55, Shawn H. Corey wrote: >> Nowadays, Linux comes with Perl but not its documentation. To >> download it, start your favourite package manager and download the >> package "perl-doc" Also, since some of it refers to the Syscalls, >> you may want its documentation. Its package is "manpages-dev" > > I'm curious what you mean by "nowadays" here. In my experience, it's only > Debian (and Debian descendants) that ships without documentation for Perl. > > I guess I'm wondering if (1) lots of other distros do this too or (2) > Ubuntu does it (as a Debian child), and in your mind Ubuntu _is_ Linux > nowadays. > > Just curious, T snip Fedora 10 has also broken Perl. If just install the Perl package you are missing perldoc, all of the pod, and many other things (such as h2xs). There was a [thread][1] about it recently on p5p. [1]: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/08/msg149747.html -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.Thread Previous | Thread Next