[tex-live] bug(?) of tlmgr

[Ruben Prins]

Yep. The problem is that *if* there's a perldoc somewhere (according to
TeXLive::TLUtils::which) pod2usage results in calling perldoc with the
scriptdir in Config.pm (pod2usage simply combines $Config{scriptdir} with
"perldoc" without checking if it exists). That's causing the problem,
because most people don't have a perldoc at x:\perl\bin.

And if no perldoc is found, pod2usage is called with a -noperldoc argument,
so no external program is called. So the problem isn't really with perldoc:
it isn't even executed as it can't be found. 

That's also why various language versions of the error message crop up for
different users: it's the OS telling you that somehow perldoc can't be
found, it's not Perl telling you this. And depending on whether you have an
x: drive, and whether it's mounted, you'll get a different message that's
supposed to make sense, if you know what the OS is told to do in the first
place.

Ruben

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: tex-live-bounces at tug.org [mailto:tex-live-bounces at tug.org] Namens
> Siep Kroonenberg
> Verzonden: zondag 21 december 2008 17:46
> Aan: tex-live at tug.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [tex-live] bug(?) of tlmgr
> 
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 05:09:47PM +0100, Ruben Prins wrote:
> > Well I have Windows XP, and no ActivePerl installed. The only Perl I
> have is
> > tlperl. And tlperl/bin is not in my search path, but still tlmgr seems
> to
> > find a perldoc (namely tlperl/bin/perldoc.bat).
> >
> > When I change Config.pm to use the correct `scriptdir' path to
> tlperl/bin
> > instead of the default value x:\perl\bin, `tlmgr --help' suddenly works.
> > (Removing tlperl/bin/perldoc.bat also solves the problem.)
> 
> Do you mean that tlmgr --help works even with an unpatched Config.pm
> as long as there is no tlperl/bin/perldoc.bat?
> 
> --
> Siep Kroonenberg