Since switching up to 5.10 some time ago, I have never been able to get 'perldoc' to work. So I finally decided to ask arround about what has happened.

Below are snippets from a recent attempt 

[~]> perldoc -f sysread
You need to install the perl-doc package to use this program.
[~]> 
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cpan[4]> i /perl-doc/
No objects found of any type for argument /perl-doc/
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cpan[5]> install Perldoc
Perldoc is up to date (0.20).

cpan[6]> 
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root@vblap:~# grep doc  /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/perllocal.pod
=head2 Sat Jan  2 09:41:23 2010: C<Module> L<Perldoc|Perldoc>
C<EXE_FILES: perl-doc>
root@vblap:~# 
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[~]> perl-doc -f sysread
'-f' is an invalid option

Usage: perl-doc [options] [input-file]

Options:

    -v --version   - Print version of perl-doc
    --kwid-to-html - Convert input file or STDIN from kwid to html
[~]>

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So what do I need to doto get '#perldoc -f sysread' to work?

It is always better to have seen your target for yourself, rather than depend upon someone else's description.

In reply to perl-doc vs perldoc vs Perldoc by Wiggins

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