Use --stderr to output pod2man problems at build time, rather than embed them into a "POD ERRORS" section in the produced manpages (see ExtUtils::Installed(3p) for an example of how it looks without this).
OK? Index: Makefile.bsd-wrapper1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/Makefile.bsd-wrapper1,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -p -r1.15 Makefile.bsd-wrapper1 --- Makefile.bsd-wrapper1 30 Mar 2013 11:48:20 -0000 1.15 +++ Makefile.bsd-wrapper1 30 Mar 2013 11:52:24 -0000 @@ -803,13 +803,13 @@ MANSRC_COOKIE= . endif ${page}.${sect}: ${file} - ${POD2MAN} --section=${sect} --official ${.ALLSRC} $@ + ${POD2MAN} --stderr --section=${sect} --official ${.ALLSRC} $@ .endfor mansrc.build: .for sect in 1 3p . if !empty(_quick${sect}) - cd ${.OBJDIR} && ${POD2MAN} --section=${sect} --official ${_quick${sect}} + cd ${.OBJDIR} && ${POD2MAN} --stderr --section=${sect} --official ${_quick${sect}} . endif .endfor