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apparently only those I built myself

Just for fun, I tried perldoc local. The first few modules it gave me are all core modules so not ones I've built myself...

Archive::Tar and CPAN being the first two.

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Re^3: what is perldoc local?
by haj (Vicar) on Jan 13, 2024 at 09:09 UTC

    That's ...interesting, given that perllocal.pod is an artifact of ExtUtils::MakeMaker. I wonder who wrote that on your machine for core modules?

    Or, maybe, not so interesting, but merely indicating that perldoc local can fail to be useful in different ways.

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      Some core modules (including Archive::Tar and CPAN) are dual-life. When those are upgraded they will be written to perllocal.pod.

      Note also that not all vendors install all core modules by default even though they should.

      FWIW, I have found perllocal.pod to be quite useful over the years.

      🦛

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