Further tweaks to perlmodlib.pod.

Add a note about perllocal.pod, which wasn't documented.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18052

diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.PL b/pod/perlmodlib.PL
index 211bb63..1dd7918 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.PL
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.PL
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ just do this:
 
     % find `perl -Te 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print
 
+(The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.)
 They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
 via your system man(1) command.  If you do not have a B<find>
 program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which
@@ -159,6 +160,11 @@ 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.
 
+Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly
+incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on
+your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker
+install process.)
+
 =head2 Extension Modules
 
 Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C).  They

diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
index 28f25af..a23ec1f 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
@@ -1349,6 +1349,7 @@ just do this:
 
     % find `perl -Te 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print
 
+(The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.)
 They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
 via your system man(1) command.  If you do not have a B<find>
 program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which
@@ -1357,6 +1358,11 @@ 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.
 
+Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly
+incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on
+your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker
+install process.)
+
 =head2 Extension Modules
 
 Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C).  They