#1121225 perl: Issue in instmodsh.1 (Debian patch)

Package:
perl
Source:
perl
Description:
Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
Submitter:
Helge Kreutzmann
Date:
2026-09-06 09:39:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1121225#5
Date:
2025-11-23 09:07:43 UTC
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Man page: instmodsh.1
Issue: CW<\(C`dpkg\(C'> → B<dpkg>(1)

"On Debian system, B and B modules are managed by "
"CW<\(C`dpkg\*(C'>."

This is part of https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/23924, but as this comes from Debian[1], I'll report it here.

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/interpreter/perl/-/blob/debian-5.40/debian/patches/debian/instmodsh_doc.diff?ref_type=heads
#1121225#10
Date:
2026-09-05 08:47:38 UTC
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Hi, sorry for the late reply. I don't quite understand what you are
asking for. Adding a (1) suffix to facilitate hyperlinking to the dpkg
man page ?

The source in cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/bin/instmodsh is POD
markup, and it currently reads

  On Debian system, B<core> and B<vendor> modules are managed by C<dpkg>.

I suspect L<dpkg(1)> is what we want. That would render to

  \fBdpkg\fR\|(1)

with pod2man, and

  <a href="http://man.he.net/man1/dpkg">dpkg(1)</a>

with pod2html.
#1121225#15
Date:
2026-09-05 15:26:47 UTC
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Hello Niko,
Am Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 11:47:38AM +0300 schrieb Niko Tyni:

Yes.

Yes.

Thanks for handling and sorry for beeing too brief.

Greetings

        Helge
#1121225#20
Date:
2026-09-06 09:37:41 UTC
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No worries, thanks for confirming! I'll fix this in the next update.