Bug#762269: perl: divergence tracking: debian/perldoc-less-R.diff

[Niko Tyni]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 12:41:38PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> Source: perl
> Version: 5.20.0-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> Bug #758689 was fixed by adding a local patch to set $ENV{LESS}.
> This has some flaws, at least it breaks if the user is locally setting
> less options (AIUI). 

I think the problem is with lesskey files, and Russ proposed a NEWS.Debian
entry to mention this. Maybe we should track that as a wishlist bug?

> There was some discussion[1] about switching the
> default formatter to ToMan with the Pod::Man utf8 switch but this is
> also problematic.

Yes, it's probably not going to happen upstream soon if ever, and I
think it would be too intrusive for us to diverge in this.

> Meanwhile, although it's not perfect, should this patch be forwarded
> upstream?

Already done and included in upstream Pod-Perldoc 3.24_01

#758689 is marked as forwarded to
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=98636 but the patch
description should really be updated to say so, and moved under fixes/.
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org