Re: perldoc is broken

First, I would look at which perldoc program is actually run:

which perldoc
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Something, somewhere maybe installed a program with the same name that is supposed to run as CGI...

As a second step, look at %ENV - maybe perldoc behaves as CGI if some HTTP environment headers are set. Anything starting with HTTP_ is suspect. Under Windows, you can see %ENV using the set command.

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Re^2: perldoc is broken by LanX (Saint) on Jan 11, 2022 at 17:59 UTC
> `which perldoc` `which perl` too! > %ENV ... Anything starting with HTTP_ is suspect. Also `%PERLDOC%` perldoc has options to switch the backend with -o , it will also react on various `%*PAGER%` settings. see https://perldoc.perl.org/perldoc#ENVIRONMENT Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: perldoc is broken by BernieC (Pilgrim) on Jan 11, 2022 at 17:59 UTC
Thanks for the advice. It seemed to be OK and so something subtle must've been screwed up, so I took the coward's way out: I restored the entire c:\Strawberry hierarchy from the backup of a few days ago and the problem has gone away. The joy of backups.	[reply]
Re^3: perldoc is broken by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 12, 2022 at 15:23 UTC
The joy of backups. Indeed, but if it happens again, and is convenient to debug please post again.	[reply]