On 12-04-30 01:30 PM, Russ Allbery wrote:
Indeed, and it shouldn't have any special treatment. You're experiencing
some sort of bug, I think. I just don't know where.
This works: /usr/bin/perldoc perldoc
$ which perldoc
/home/shawn/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perldoc
$ /usr/bin/perldoc -V
Perldoc v3.15_02, under perl v5.012004 for linux
$ perldoc -V
Perldoc v3.17, under perl v5.014002 for linux
$ /usr/bin/perl -v
This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 4 (v5.12.4) built for
x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 45 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
...
$ perl -v
This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 2 (v5.14.2) built for
x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
...
$
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Shawn
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