Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!convex.COM From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: perl 3.0 pl 12 Message-ID: <100450@convex.convex.com> Date: 8 Mar 90 09:35:06 GMT References: <1990Mar7.032442.2312@kfw.COM> Sender: news@convex.com Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Organization: CONVEX Software Development, Richardson, TX Lines: 33 Yup, it's true, although I don't know why. I've sent the results to Larry. This actually happens on other scripts of mine as well, like cfman. I'm using the backup version for perl -d. The programs run fine with pl 12; only perl -d complains. If anyone is interested, I have newer versions of man and makewhatis that work with HP systems and their man1.Z directories. They also work with multi-character man sections like man1m on HPs. Makewhatis checks for linked files it's already seen, and between this and the cross-referencing, it should save HP users a lot of disk space. There are other nice features as well, including handling compressed man pages. This has been tested on Suns, HPs, and more conventional BSD systems. If anyone wants a pre-release copy before it goes to comp.sources.misc, mail me. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I've rewritten man and makewhatis to use dbm files for the whatis databases in $MANPATH keyed on all the aliases in the NAME sections, obviating the need for links or .so includes. I'm not going to post it again until I am done with the entire suite, which should include man pages for the following: man(1) -- explains how this man works whatis(5) -- explains whatis format, including whatis.{pag,dir} catman(8) -- can also compress makewhatis(8) -- much faster/more correct version of makewhatis Beta testers welcome. --tom -- Tom Christiansen {uunet,uiucdcs,sun}!convex!tchrist Convex Computer Corporation tchrist@convex.COM "EMACS belongs in : Editor too big!"