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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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Re^4: what is perldoc local?
by hippo (Archbishop) on Jan 13, 2024 at 11:06 UTC

    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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