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diff --git a/pod/pod2man.PL b/pod/pod2man.PL
index 5a1deea..b1b1a55 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 1.7 2001/10/20 08:24:15 eagle Exp $
+# $Id: pod2man.PL,v 1.10 2002/07/15 05:45:56 eagle Exp $
 #
 # Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 by Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
 #
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ my $stdin;
 # allowing short forms as well.  --lax is currently ignored.
 my %options;
 Getopt::Long::config ('bundling_override');
-GetOptions (\%options, 'section|s=s', 'release|r=s', 'center|c=s',
+GetOptions (\%options, 'section|s=s', 'release|r:s', 'center|c=s',
             'date|d=s', 'fixed=s', 'fixedbold=s', 'fixeditalic=s',
-            'fixedbolditalic=s', 'official|o', 'quotes|q=s', 'lax|l',
-            'help|h', 'verbose|v') or exit 1;
+            'fixedbolditalic=s', 'name|n=s', 'official|o', 'quotes|q=s',
+            'lax|l', 'help|h', 'verbose|v') or exit 1;
 pod2usage (0) if $options{help};
 
 # Official sets --center, but don't override things explicitly set.
@@ -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);
@@ -100,8 +104,9 @@ pod2man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
 pod2man [B<--section>=I<manext>] [B<--release>=I<version>]
 [B<--center>=I<string>] [B<--date>=I<string>] [B<--fixed>=I<font>]
 [B<--fixedbold>=I<font>] [B<--fixeditalic>=I<font>]
-[B<--fixedbolditalic>=I<font>] [B<--official>] [B<--lax>]
-[B<--quotes>=I<quotes>] [B<--verbose>] [I<input> [I<output>] ...]
+[B<--fixedbolditalic>=I<font>] [B<--name>=I<name>] [B<--official>]
+[B<--lax>] [B<--quotes>=I<quotes>] [B<--verbose>]
+[I<input> [I<output>] ...]
 
 pod2man B<--help>
 
@@ -182,8 +187,22 @@ 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>
+
+Set the name of the manual page to I<name>.  Without this option, the manual
+name is set to the uppercased base name of the file being converted unless
+the manual section is 3, in which case the path is parsed to see if it is a
+Perl module path.  If it is, a path like C<.../lib/Pod/Man.pm> is converted
+into a name like C<Pod::Man>.  This option, if given, overrides any
+automatic determination of the name.
+
+Note that this option is probably not useful when converting multiple POD
+files at once.  The convention for Unix man pages for commands is for the
+man page title to be in all-uppercase even if the command isn't.
 
 =item B<-o>, B<--official>
 
@@ -260,8 +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
@@ -431,9 +448,8 @@ Other man pages to check out, like man(1), man(7), makewhatis(8), or
 catman(8).  Normally a simple list of man pages separated by commas, or a
 paragraph giving the name of a reference work.  Man page references, if they
 use the standard C<name(section)> form, don't have to be enclosed in
-LE<lt>E<gt>, but other things in this section probably should be when
-appropriate.  You may need to use the C<LE<lt>...|...E<gt>> syntax to keep
-B<pod2man> and B<pod2text> from being too verbose; see perlpod(1).
+LE<lt>E<gt> (although it's recommended), but other things in this section
+probably should be when appropriate.
 
 If the package has a mailing list, include a URL or subscription
 instructions here.
@@ -498,16 +514,20 @@ 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 L<man(5)> instead of
+L<man(7)> on your system.
 
-The man page documenting the an macro set may be man(5) instead of man(7) on
-your system.
+The current version of this script is always available from its web site at
+L<http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/podlators/>.  It is also part of the
+Perl core distribution as of 5.6.0.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR