Bug#524965: /usr/bin/perldoc: perldoc complains about perlfunc

[Nigel Horne]

Niko,

Thank you for your reply.
>> Package: perl
>> Version: 5.10.0-19
>> Severity: normal
>> File: /usr/bin/perldoc
>>
>>
>> Running perldoc on anything (e.g. perldoc -f join) gives:
>> 	No documentation found for "perlfunc".
>>     
>
> Weird. It should be saying
>  You need to install the perl-doc package to use this program.
> because you have purged the perl-doc package:
>
>   
>> pn  perl-doc                      <none>     (no description available)
>>     
>
> What's the output of 
>  ls -l /usr/bin/perldoc*
>  grep perldoc /var/lib/dpkg/diversions
>   

njh at packard:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/perldoc*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 125 2009-01-01 15:57 /usr/bin/perldoc
njh at packard:~$ grep perldoc /var/lib/dpkg/diversions
njh at packard:~$

> ?
>
> Was this system upgraded from an earlier release (or testing/unstable)
> or is it a new Lenny installation?
>   
It's a completely new installation.
> Are there any traces of problems with the perl-doc package in
>  /var/log/dpkg.log*
>  /var/log/apt/term.log*
>  /var/log/aptitude*
> ?
>   
It doesn't look like it:

packard:/var/log# fgrep perl-doc dpkg.log* aptitude* apt/term.log*
packard:/var/log#

-Nigel

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