From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:33:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: FAQ sync.
X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=83ded9ee47521e42aa903a8906202ae2516dedeb;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git

FAQ sync.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@14609
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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
index 9d2fa0c..da70187 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/25 21:22:22 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 22:31:57 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ following groups:
 
     comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi 	Writing CGI scripts for the Web.
 
-There is also Usenet gateway to the mailing list used by the crack
-Perl development team (perl5-porters) at
-nntp://nntp.perl.org/perl.perl5.porters or its web interface at
-http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters .
+There is also Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at 
+nntp://nntp.perl.org, or a web interface to the same lists at
+http://nntp.perl.org/group/.  Other groups are listed at 
+http://lists.perl.org.
 
 =head2 Where should I post source code?
 
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ subscription information.
 The Google search engine now carries archived and searchable newsgroup
 content. 
 
-http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&group=comp.lang.perl.misc
+http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.perl.misc
 
 If you have a question, you can be sure someone has already asked the
 same question at some point on c.l.p.m. It requires some time and patience
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq3.pod b/pod/perlfaq3.pod
index 012be9c..9326a03 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq3.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq3.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
+perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.13 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 22:32:47 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@ of contrasting algorithms.
 
 =head2 How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
 
-The B::Xref module, shipped with the new, alpha-release Perl compiler
-(not the general distribution prior to the 5.005 release), can be used
-to generate cross-reference reports for Perl programs.
+The B::Xref module can be used to generate cross-reference reports 
+for Perl programs.
 
     perl -MO=Xref[,OPTIONS] scriptname.plx
 
@@ -895,8 +894,7 @@ the tests pass, read the pods again and again and again.  If they
 fail, see L<perlbug> and send a bug report with the output of
 C<make test TEST_VERBOSE=1> along with C<perl -V>.
 
-=head2 When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
-mean?
+=head2 When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
 
 A complete list of Perl's error messages and warnings with explanatory
 text can be found in L<perldiag>. You can also use the splain program
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq4.pod b/pod/perlfaq4.pod
index 5d3e595..3b9cac6 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq4.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq4.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.13 $, $Date: 2002/01/31 04:27:54 $)
+perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 22:30:23 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ in the indentation.
             would deliver us. You are a liar, Saruman, and a corrupter
             of men's hearts.  --Theoden in /usr/src/perl/taint.c
         FINIS
-    $quote =~ s/\s*--/\n--/;
+    $quote =~ s/\s+--/\n--/;
 
 A nice general-purpose fixer-upper function for indented here documents
 follows.  It expects to be called with a here document as its argument.