csw perl where is documentation installed

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Harry,

Am 24.03.2014 um 01:20 schrieb Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com>:
> I installed perl5.10.1 from csw repo many months ago, on an openindiana os.
> Its running as guest on win7 in Vbox.  The vm fell into disuse for
> several months, and I no longer remember if I had problems with the
> installation or what.
> 
> Currently, the vm is back in operation... when I look for perl docu with
> perldoc it fails to find the main documentary stuff like perlfunc,
> perlre etc.
> 
> A 'find' search of /opt/csw using  '-name '*perlfunc*'' or the like fails to
> find it as well.
> 
> Any use of perldoc that is not aimed at the basic docs... like:
> 
>  perldoc File:Find
> 
> returns what you'd expect, so, apparently that part is working ok.
> 
> Have I just failed to install something?  Or should an install of perl
> have installed the basic docu?
> 
> If it were installed, where would it be found?
> 
> PS - My pea brain has let slip whatever little bit I learned about
> using csw on solaris so please bare with me when I ask to have a brief
> outline of how I might track down what the trouble is for things like
> this:
> 
>   perldoc -f stat
>   No documentation found for „perlfunc"

Try pkgutil -y -i perldoc. That should give you CSWperldoc.


Best regards

  — Dago

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