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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[a001133] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-perl" xreflabel="Perl" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Perl-&perl-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="perl.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl"><primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[5888299] | 13 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report Language.</para>
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| 14 |
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[a001133] | 15 | <segmentedlist>
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| 16 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <seglistitem><seg>2.9 SBU</seg><seg>143 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 19 | </segmentedlist>
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[3554fa3a] | 20 |
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[a001133] | 21 | <segmentedlist>
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| 22 | <segtitle>Perl installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 23 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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| 24 | Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 25 | </segmentedlist>
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| 26 | </sect2>
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[5888299] | 27 |
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[a001133] | 28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 29 | <title>Installation of Perl</title>
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| 30 |
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[4248b0e] | 31 | <para>If you want full control over the way Perl is set up, you can run the
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| 32 | interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way this
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[673b0d8] | 33 | package is built. If you think you can live with the (sensible)
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[4248b0e] | 34 | defaults it auto-detects, then prepare Perl for compilation with:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 35 |
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[5a4b3da] | 36 | <screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 37 |
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[bcd0ce7] | 38 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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[05073f6] | 39 |
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| 40 | <itemizedlist>
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| 41 | <listitem><para><userinput>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput>: This corrects
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[bcd0ce7] | 42 | an error in the perldoc code with the invocation of the less
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| 43 | program.</para></listitem>
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[05073f6] | 44 | </itemizedlist>
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[5a4b3da] | 45 |
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[73aedd1d] | 46 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 49 |
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[8a5f906] | 50 | <para>If you wish to run the test suite, you first have to create a basic
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| 51 | <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, which is needed by a couple of tests to
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| 52 | resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 53 |
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| 54 | <screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para>Now run the tests, if you wish:</para>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
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| 59 |
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[673b0d8] | 60 | <para>Finally, install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 61 |
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| 62 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | </sect2>
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[6370fa6] | 65 |
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[5888299] | 66 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 67 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content"><title>Contents of Perl</title>
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[673b0d8] | 68 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 69 | <segmentedlist>
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| 70 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 71 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 72 | <seglistitem><seg>a2p, c2ph, dprofpp, enc2xs,
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[673b0d8] | 73 | find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, libnetcfg, perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl),
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| 74 | perlbug, perlcc, perldoc, perlivp, piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man,
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| 75 | pod2text, pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link
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[c6cb3aa] | 76 | to c2ph), s2p, splain and xsubpp</seg>
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| 77 | <seg>(too many to name)</seg></seglistitem>
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| 78 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 79 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 80 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[673b0d8] | 81 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 82 | <varlistentry>
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| 83 | <term id="a2p"><command>a2p</command></term>
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| 84 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 85 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p"><primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 86 | <para>translates awk to perl.</para>
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| 87 | </listitem>
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| 88 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 89 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 90 | <varlistentry>
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| 91 | <term id="c2ph"><command>c2ph</command></term>
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| 92 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 93 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph"><primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 94 | <para>dumps C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs.</para>
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| 95 | </listitem>
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| 96 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 97 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 98 | <varlistentry>
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| 99 | <term id="dprofpp"><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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| 100 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 101 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp"><primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 102 | <para>displays perl profile data.</para>
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| 103 | </listitem>
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| 104 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 105 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 106 | <varlistentry>
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| 107 | <term id="en2cxs"><command>en2cxs</command></term>
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| 108 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 109 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs"><primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 110 | <para>builds a Perl extension for the Encode module,
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[673b0d8] | 111 | from either Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 112 | </listitem>
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| 113 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 114 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 115 | <varlistentry>
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| 116 | <term id="find2perl"><command>find2perl</command></term>
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| 117 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 118 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl"><primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 119 | <para>translates find commands to perl.</para>
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| 120 | </listitem>
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| 121 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 122 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 123 | <varlistentry>
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| 124 | <term id="h2ph"><command>h2ph</command></term>
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| 125 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 126 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"><primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 127 | <para>converts .h C header files to .ph Perl header files.</para>
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| 128 | </listitem>
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| 129 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 130 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 131 | <varlistentry>
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| 132 | <term id="h2xs"><command>h2xs</command></term>
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| 133 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 134 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs"><primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 135 | <para>converts .h C header files to Perl extensions.</para>
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| 136 | </listitem>
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| 137 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 138 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 139 | <varlistentry>
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| 140 | <term id="libnetcfg"><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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| 141 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 142 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg"><primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 143 | <para>can be used to configure the libnet.</para>
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| 144 | </listitem>
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| 145 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 146 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 147 | <varlistentry>
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| 148 | <term id="perl"><command>perl</command></term>
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| 149 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 150 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 151 | <para>combines some of the best features of C, sed,
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[673b0d8] | 152 | awk and sh into a single swiss-army language.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 155 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 156 | <varlistentry>
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| 157 | <term id="perlbug"><command>perlbug</command></term>
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| 158 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 159 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"><primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 160 | <para>is used to generate bug reports about
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[673b0d8] | 161 | Perl or the modules that come with it, and mail them.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 164 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 165 | <varlistentry>
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| 166 | <term id="perlcc"><command>perlcc</command></term>
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| 167 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 168 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc"><primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 169 | <para>generates executables from Perl programs.</para>
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| 170 | </listitem>
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| 171 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 172 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 173 | <varlistentry>
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| 174 | <term id="perldoc"><command>perldoc</command></term>
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| 175 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 176 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"><primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 177 | <para>displays a piece of documentation in pod
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[673b0d8] | 178 | format that is embedded in the perl installation tree or in a perl script.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 181 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 182 | <varlistentry>
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| 183 | <term id="perlivp"><command>perlivp</command></term>
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| 184 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"><primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 186 | <para>is the Perl Installation Verification Procedure. It can be used to verify that
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| 187 | Perl and its libraries have been installed correctly.</para>
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| 188 | </listitem>
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| 189 | </varlistentry>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <varlistentry>
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| 192 | <term id="piconv"><command>piconv</command></term>
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| 193 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 194 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"><primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 195 | <para>is a Perl version of the character encoding
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[673b0d8] | 196 | converter <command>iconv</command>.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 197 | </listitem>
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| 198 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 199 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 200 | <varlistentry>
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| 201 | <term id="pl2pm"><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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| 202 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"><primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 204 | <para>is a rough tool for converting Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules.</para>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 207 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 208 | <varlistentry>
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| 209 | <term id="pod2html"><command>pod2html</command></term>
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| 210 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 211 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html"><primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 212 | <para>converts files from pod format to HTML format.</para>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 215 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 216 | <varlistentry>
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| 217 | <term id="pod2latex"><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 219 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex"><primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 220 | <para>converts files from pod format to LaTeX format.</para>
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| 221 | </listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 223 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 224 | <varlistentry>
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| 225 | <term id="pod2man"><command>pod2man</command></term>
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| 226 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 227 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man"><primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 228 | <para>converts pod data to formatted *roff input.</para>
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| 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 231 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 232 | <varlistentry>
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| 233 | <term id="pod2text"><command>pod2text</command></term>
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| 234 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 235 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text"><primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 236 | <para>converts pod data to formatted ASCII text.</para>
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| 237 | </listitem>
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| 238 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 239 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 240 | <varlistentry>
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| 241 | <term id="pod2usage"><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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| 242 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 243 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage"><primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 244 | <para>prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files.</para>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 247 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 248 | <varlistentry>
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| 249 | <term id="podchecker"><command>podchecker</command></term>
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| 250 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 251 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker"><primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 252 | <para>checks the syntax of pod format documentation files.</para>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 255 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 256 | <varlistentry>
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| 257 | <term id="podselect"><command>podselect</command></term>
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| 258 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 259 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect"><primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 260 | <para>displays selected sections of pod documentation.</para>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 263 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 264 | <varlistentry>
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| 265 | <term id="psed"><command>psed</command></term>
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| 266 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 267 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed"><primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 268 | <para>is a Perl version of the stream editor <userinput>sed</userinput>.</para>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 271 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 272 | <varlistentry>
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| 273 | <term id="pstruct"><command>pstruct</command></term>
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| 274 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 275 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct"><primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 276 | <para>dumps C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs.</para>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 279 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 280 | <varlistentry>
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| 281 | <term id="s2p"><command>s2p</command></term>
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| 282 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 283 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"><primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 284 | <para>translates sed to perl.</para>
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| 285 | </listitem>
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| 286 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 287 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 288 | <varlistentry>
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| 289 | <term id="splain"><command>splain</command></term>
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| 290 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 291 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain"><primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 292 | <para>is used to force verbose warning
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[673b0d8] | 293 | diagnostics in perl.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 296 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 297 | <varlistentry>
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| 298 | <term id="xsubpp"><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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| 299 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 300 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp"><primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 301 | <para>converts Perl XS code into C code.</para>
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| 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 | </varlistentry>
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| 304 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 305 |
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| 306 | </sect2>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | </sect1>
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