From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 19 21:40:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 733171065673 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:40:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32F9C8FC12 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:40:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q8JLeAp7086875 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:40:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q8JLeAdC086874; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:40:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:40:10 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201209192140.q8JLeAdC086874@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "Reuben A. Popp" Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E95F81065706 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:30:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF16E8FC0C for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:30:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q8JLUkEB069275 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:30:46 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q8JLUkO8069274; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:30:46 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201209192130.q8JLUkO8069274@red.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:30:46 GMT From: "Reuben A. Popp" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: ports/171793: lang/perl5.16 w/ POD complains of old groff version X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:40:10 -0000 >Number: 171793 >Category: ports >Synopsis: lang/perl5.16 w/ POD complains of old groff version >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 19 21:40:09 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Reuben A. Popp >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD ullr.eastcentral.edu 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Sep 13 16:25:20 CDT 2012 root@ullr.eastcentral.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src /sys/ULLR i386 perl 5.16.0 >Description: When using perl's POD (plain old documentation) in a script, using perldoc on the script causes perl to complain about an older version of groff (<1.20.1). For example: > perldoc admiss.pl You have an old groff. Update to version 1.20.1 for good Unicode support. If you don't upgrade, wide characters may come out oddly. at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16.0/Pod/Perldoc.pm line 1346. You have an old groff. Update to version 1.20.1 for good Unicode support. If you don't upgrade, wide characters may come out oddly. at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16.0/Pod/Perldoc.pm line 1346. ADMISS(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation ADMISS(1) The output of groff (system groff, not groff from ports) shows that it is version GNU groff version 1.19.2. For what its worth, there is no mention of this issue in the ports UPDATING file in relation to entry 20120630. >How-To-Repeat: Install perl 5.16. cat << EOF > test.pl #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; print "This is a test\n"; __END__ =head1 NAME test.pl - A simple test case EOF perldoc test.pl >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: