https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1739463
Bug ID: 1739463
Summary: perldoc -f '<>' complains about pod errors
Product: Fedora
Version: 30
Status: NEW
Component: perl
Assignee: jplesnik(a)redhat.com
Reporter: iamdexpl(a)gmail.com
QA Contact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
CC: caillon+fedoraproject(a)gmail.com, iarnell(a)gmail.com,
jplesnik(a)redhat.com, kasal(a)ucw.cz,
mmaslano(a)redhat.com,
perl-devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, ppisar(a)redhat.com,
psabata(a)redhat.com, rhughes(a)redhat.com,
sandmann(a)redhat.com, tcallawa(a)redhat.com
Target Milestone: ---
Classification: Fedora
Description of problem: the output of `perldoc -f '<>'` is garbled with pod
errors at the end [1]. Also, there's more text than probably should be [2].
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
perl-interpreter-5.28.2-438.fc30.x86_64 (also see [2])
How reproducible: always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. perldoc -f '<>'
2. scroll to the end
Actual results: see below
[1]
POD ERRORS
Hey! The above document had some coding errors, which are explained
below:
Around line 259:
You forgot a '=back' before '=head2'
Around line 482:
=back without =over
[2]
Besides pod errors, there's some extra text beginning with "Constant
Folding"
and ending with
Here is a short, but incomplete summary:
Math::String treat string sequences like numbers
Math::FixedPrecision calculate with a fixed precision
Math::Currency for currency calculations
Bit::Vector manipulate bit vectors fast (uses C)
Math::BigIntFast Bit::Vector wrapper for big numbers
Math::Pari provides access to the Pari C library
Math::Cephes uses the external Cephes C library (no
big numbers)
Math::Cephes::Fraction fractions via the Cephes library
Math::GMP another one using an external C library
Math::GMPz an alternative interface to libgmp's big ints
Math::GMPq an interface to libgmp's fraction numbers
Math::GMPf an interface to libgmp's floating point numbers
Choose wisely.
after the actual contents of the requested perldoc section. Also there's no
section header at the beginning. The similar issue exists on Windows with
Strawberry Perl 5.30.0.1 (hence it's highly likely an upstream bug). On CentOS
7 with perl-5.16.3-292.el7.x86_64 `perldoc -f '<>'` displays what it should
without any errors.
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