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in thread What Version of Perl Introduced '=encoding'?

When I saw the content of perldoc, It was Pod::Perldoc, which shows us pod pages.

When I see CHANGES of Pod::Perldoc, there was a mention for =encoding trouble.

I guess this RT has some relation to OP's problem.

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