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in thread perldoc POD documentation not working

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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Re^5: perldoc POD documenation not working
by LanX (Saint) on Oct 06, 2014 at 13:58 UTC
    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 ☆☆☆☆ :)

Re^5: perldoc POD documenation not working
by DrHyde (Prior) on Oct 08, 2014 at 12:53 UTC
    That's not how you determine if anything will break. Use your tests instead and your QA people.