mention how to look up perllocal.pod (from Michael G Schwern)

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diff --git a/pod/perlapi.pod b/pod/perlapi.pod
index 32e77d6..e0ae4cf 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlapi.pod
+++ b/pod/perlapi.pod
@@ -1597,17 +1597,17 @@ false, defined or undefined.  Does not handle 'get' magic.
 
        bool    SvTRUE(SV* sv)
 
-=item svtype
-
-An enum of flags for Perl types.  These are found in the file B<sv.h> 
-in the C<svtype> enum.  Test these flags with the C<SvTYPE> macro.
-
 =item SvTYPE
 
 Returns the type of the SV.  See C<svtype>.
 
        svtype  SvTYPE(SV* sv)
 
+=item svtype
+
+An enum of flags for Perl types.  These are found in the file B<sv.h> 
+in the C<svtype> enum.  Test these flags with the C<SvTYPE> macro.
+
 =item SVt_IV
 
 Integer type flag for scalars.  See C<svtype>.

diff --git a/pod/perlmodinstall.pod b/pod/perlmodinstall.pod
index 5f1c62e..19ffac9 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodinstall.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodinstall.pod
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ While still in that directory, type:
 Make sure you have appropriate permissions to install the module
 in your Perl 5 library directory.  Often, you'll need to be root.
 
+Perl maintains a record of all module installations.  To look at
+this list, simply type:
+
+      perldoc perllocal
+
 That's all you need to do on Unix systems with dynamic linking.
 Most Unix systems have dynamic linking--if yours doesn't, or if for
 another reason you have a statically-linked perl, I<and> the

diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
index c1f4aca..b42a2d8 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
@@ -802,17 +802,22 @@ By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions
 
 To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including
 those without documentation or outside the standard release, 
-jus tdo this:
+just do this:
 
     % find `perl -e 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print
 
-They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
-via your system man(1) command.  If you do not have a B<find>
+To get a log of all module distributions which have been installed
+since perl was installed, just do:
+
+    % perldoc perllocal
+
+Modules should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
+via your system man(1) command, or via the C<perldoc> program.  If you do
+not have a B<find>
 program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which
 generates Perl code as output you can run through perl.  If you
 have a B<man> program but it doesn't find your modules, you'll have
-to fix your manpath.  See L<perl> for details.  If you have no
-system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program.
+to fix your manpath.  See L<perl> for details.
 
 =head2 Extension Modules