perldoc installation

[Tintin]

This is just a comment/observation about people who reply that if perldoc
isn't on the system, then your Perl installation is broken/defective.

Well, that maybe one interpretation, but keep in mind that Perl as included
on later releases of Solaris doesn't include the Perl documentation. This
may well also apply for other similar OS's.

I must admit that it bugs me that Sun decided to do that as I find I either
have to hop onto a Linux box or browse through the ActiveState Perl doco to
find what I'm looking for.

So don't always assume that missing doco means a broken Perl installation as
in some instances it is a very deliberate (albeit, not a sensible) decision

 

[Anno Siegel]

This is just a comment/observation about people who reply that if perldoc
isn't on the system, then your Perl installation is broken/defective.

Well, that maybe one interpretation, but keep in mind that Perl as included
on later releases of Solaris doesn't include the Perl documentation. This

Which versions would that be? It just doesn't make sense. In Solaris 8
and 9 the Perl documentation is contained in package SUNWpl5p.

Anno

 

[Ben Morrow]

This is just a comment/observation about people who reply that if perldoc
isn't on the system, then your Perl installation is broken/defective.

Well, that maybe one interpretation, but keep in mind that Perl as included
on later releases of Solaris doesn't include the Perl documentation.

IMHO, that is a bug and you should shout at Sun about it... this is
using the fairly wide definition of 'bug' prevalent in the open source
community, of course .

Ben

 

[Tintin]

This

Which versions would that be? It just doesn't make sense. In Solaris 8
and 9 the Perl documentation is contained in package SUNWpl5p.

Does that include perldoc? (I'm not in front of a Solaris box at the
moment)

 

[Anno Siegel]

Does that include perldoc? (I'm not in front of a Solaris box at the
moment)

Nor am I, I don't know. I never missed perldoc on solaris.

Anno