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authorjkeenan <jkeenan@cpan.org>2012-08-12 21:55:42 -0400
committerJames E Keenan <jkeenan@cpan.org>2016-12-31 10:49:52 -0500
commit4446c207838dd833a07dde6e8d8e328480e7f331 (patch)
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downloadperl-4446c207838dd833a07dde6e8d8e328480e7f331.tar.gz
Clarify that 'installhtml' is intended only for use in the Perl 5 core distribution.
For: RT # 114466
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@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ installhtml - converts a collection of POD pages to HTML format.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
I<installhtml> converts a collection of POD pages to a corresponding
-collection of HTML pages. This is primarily used to convert the pod
-pages found in the perl distribution.
+collection of HTML pages. This is used to convert the pod pages found in the
+perl distribution. (It is not intended as a general-purpose
+converter/installer of POD pages in HTML format. See L<Pod::Html>.)
=head1 OPTIONS
@@ -67,10 +68,11 @@ relative to podroot.
=item B<--splititem> POD files to split on =item directive
-Comma-separated list of all pod files to split by the =item directive.
-The .pod suffix is optional. I<installhtml> does not do the actual
-split, rather it invokes I<splitpod> to do the dirty work. As with
---splithead, these files should have names specified relative to podroot.
+Comma-separated list of all pod files to split by the =item directive. The
+.pod suffix is optional. I<installhtml> does not do the actual split, rather
+it invokes I<splitpod>, a separate program in the Perl 5 core distribution,
+to do the dirty work. As with --splithead, these files should have names
+specified relative to podroot.
=item B<--splitpod> Directory containing the splitpod program