in reply to Re: what is perldoc local?
in thread what is perldoc local?

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.

      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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