Bug#519785: perl-modules: pod2usage sometimes deals incorrectly with formatting codes

[Dylan Thurston]

Package: perl-modules
Version: 5.10.0-19
Severity: normal

On certain pod files, like the one attached, 'pod2usage -verbose 1'
deals incorrectly with formatting codes: the formatted strings come
out at the beginning of the line rather than interpolated.  For
instance, the attached file becomes

------------------------------------------------------------
Usage:
    psbind [*option*]... [*input-file-name* [*output-file-name*]]

Options:
"psbind""PSBIND"        In addition to specifying the options described below to on the
        command line, you can put them in an environment variable named .

*Italic*        Testing

------------------------------------------------------------

The trigger for the bug seems to be an omitted section that contains
a sequence

=over 4
=item ...
=back


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (50, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.2
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages perl-modules depends on:
ii  perl                          5.10.0-19  Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

perl-modules recommends no packages.

perl-modules suggests no packages.

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