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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-11-26 11:28:18 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-11-26 11:28:18 +0000
commitb4558dc4bd9c296354bf29971495ac6ba5e42420 (patch)
treec2f37238ed57b7aeb7bc160f911ac4ee0d0e15ea /pod/pod2man.PL
parente1f170bd13c59340f1c69c00ae61ac3708f148c2 (diff)
downloadperl-b4558dc4bd9c296354bf29971495ac6ba5e42420.tar.gz
Upgrade to podlators 1.16.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13282
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/pod/pod2man.PL b/pod/pod2man.PL
index 86426418de..1c27bfe64d 100644
--- a/pod/pod2man.PL
+++ b/pod/pod2man.PL
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $Config{startperl}
print OUT <<'!NO!SUBS!';
# pod2man -- Convert POD data to formatted *roff input.
-# $Id: pod2man.PL,v 1.8 2001/11/05 04:55:47 eagle Exp $
+# $Id: pod2man.PL,v 1.9 2001/11/26 08:44:58 eagle Exp $
#
# Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 by Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
#
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ if ($options{official} && !defined $options{center}) {
my $verbose = $options{verbose};
delete $options{verbose};
+# This isn't a valid Pod::Man option and is only accepted for backwards
+# compatibility.
+delete $options{lax};
+
# Initialize and run the formatter, pulling a pair of input and output off at
# a time.
my $parser = Pod::Man->new (%options);
@@ -183,8 +187,9 @@ Print out usage information.
=item B<-l>, B<--lax>
-Don't complain when required sections are missing. Not currently used, as
-POD checking functionality is not yet implemented in Pod::Man.
+No longer used. B<pod2man> used to check its input for validity as a manual
+page, but this should now be done by L<podchecker(1)> instead. Accepted for
+backwards compatibility; this option no longer does anything.
=item B<-n> I<name>, B<--name>=I<name>
@@ -274,8 +279,6 @@ L<Pod::Man> for more details.
Lots of this documentation is duplicated from L<Pod::Man>.
-POD checking and the corresponding B<--lax> option don't work yet.
-
=head1 NOTES
For those not sure of the proper layout of a man page, here are some notes
@@ -512,16 +515,16 @@ to later edit the documentation. Note that many existing translators
or URLs when wrapped in LE<lt>E<gt>, so don't do that.
For additional information that may be more accurate for your specific
-system, see either man(5) or man(7) depending on your system manual section
-numbering conventions.
+system, see either L<man(5)> or L<man(7)> depending on your system manual
+section numbering conventions.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<Pod::Man|Pod::Man>, L<Pod::Parser|Pod::Parser>, man(1), nroff(1),
-troff(1), man(7)
+L<Pod::Man>, L<Pod::Parser>, L<man(1)>, L<nroff(1)>, L<podchecker(1)>,
+L<troff(1)>, L<man(7)>
-The man page documenting the an macro set may be man(5) instead of man(7) on
-your system.
+The man page documenting the an macro set may be L<man(5)> instead of
+L<man(7)> on your system.
=head1 AUTHOR