#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:
2026-10-18 19:37:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1121225#5
Date:
2025-11-23 09:07:43 UTC
From:
To:
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
From:
To:
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
From:
To:
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
From:
To:
No worries, thanks for confirming! I'll fix this in the next update.
#1121225#25
Date:
2026-10-18 19:34:11 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
perl, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1121225@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org> (supplier of updated perl package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:12:05 +0300
Source: perl
Architecture: source
Version: 5.44.0-2
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Changed-By: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Closes: 1121225
Changes:
 perl (5.44.0-2) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   * debian/cross: update architecture lists
   * Refresh cross build support files for most architectures.
   * Add 5.42.3 to debian/released-versions.
   * Update debian/copyright based on DFSG team review
   * Remove unused licenses from debian/copyright
   * Fix POD syntax in Debian specific instmodsh documentation.
     (Closes: #1121225)
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