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+Subject: Replace generic man(1) instructions with Debian-specific information.
+
+Indicate that the user needs to install the perl-doc package.
+
+
+---
+ pod/perl.pod |   12 ++++++++++--
+ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/pod/perl.pod b/pod/perl.pod
+index e48e526..3b0bbf6 100644
+--- a/pod/perl.pod
++++ b/pod/perl.pod
+@@ -241,8 +241,16 @@ For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into several sections.
+     perlwin32		Perl notes for Windows
+ 
+ 
+-On a Unix-like system, these documentation files will usually also be
+-available as manpages for use with the F<man> program.
++On Debian systems, you need to install the B<perl-doc> package which
++contains the majority of the standard Perl documentation and the
++F<perldoc> program.
++
++Extensive additional documentation for Perl modules is available, both
++those distributed with Perl and third-party modules which are packaged
++or locally installed.
++
++You should be able to view Perl's documentation with your man(1)
++program or perldoc(1).
+ 
+ In general, if something strange has gone wrong with your program and you're
+ not sure where you should look for help, try the B<-w> switch first.  It will
+-- 
+tg: (c823880..) debian/doc_info (depends on: upstream)