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The docs are already on your disc. Just use

perldoc -ohtml

to get the html version.

Otherwise wget has depth and mirror options.

And IIRC perldoc.org can be downloaded as zip.

Cheers Rolf

(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

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Re^4: perldoc POD documenation not working
by bulrush (Scribe) on Oct 06, 2014 at 13:51 UTC
    I think there was a misunderstanding. I have perl 5.8.8 which has the history UP TO 5.8.8. I need to read changes from versions after 5.8.8 to 5.20.x to determine if anything will break. Last time we upgraded from Perl 5.004 to 5.8.8 the (s)printf function went from rounding, to not rounding, which caused us quite a lot of problems. Thank you.

    Perl 5.8.8 on Redhat Linux RHEL 5.5.56 (64-bit)
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      Yes but the answer is the same.

      Either use wget to mirror the html or copy the new pods to an extra directory which is included into the according environment path.

      But if you really want to avoid compatibility issues use perlbrew to install 5.20 in parallel and test. (the desired docs will come bundled as a side effect)

      Cheers Rolf

      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

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      That's not how you determine if anything will break. Use your tests instead and your QA people.
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