FS#50661 - [perl] perldoc missing for core modules

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Ilya Novoselov (nullie) - Monday, 05 September 2016, 09:27 GMT
Last edited by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Thursday, 08 September 2016, 14:19 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Florian Pritz (bluewind)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
perldoc POSIX does not find documentation. POD files are deleted at end of package() in PKGBUILD. I don't understand, why do we do it, as we have no separate -doc package for perl. #16488 is related, but PODs for core modules are located in /usr/lib, alongside modules themselves (should we move them to /usr/share/?)

Additional info:
perl 5.24.0-1

Steps to reproduce:
perldoc POSIX
No documentation found for "POSIX".
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Closed by  Florian Pritz (bluewind)
Thursday, 08 September 2016, 14:19 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  perl 5.24.0-2
Comment by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Thursday, 08 September 2016, 14:19 GMT
POSIX documentation is available as a manpage (man 3perl POSIX), but keeping the removed pod files only uses 500kb so I don't see why we should strip them. Most perl people probably expect documentation to be reachable via perldoc and not via man. As for where that documentation is located: I'll not mess with the default that perl upstream uses.

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