5 use feature 'unicode_strings';
15 require '../regen/regen_lib.pl';
24 podcheck.t - Look for possible problems in the Perl pods
29 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t [--show_all] [--cpan] [--deltas]
30 [--counts] [ FILE ...]
31 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --add_link MODULE ...
33 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --regen
37 podcheck.t is an extension of Pod::Checker. It looks for pod errors and
38 potential errors in the files given as arguments, or if none specified, in all
39 pods in the distribution workspace, except those in the cpan directory (unless
40 C<--cpan> is specified). It does additional checking beyond that done by
41 Pod::Checker, and keeps a database of known potential problems, and will
42 fail a pod only if the number of such problems differs from that given in the
43 database. It also suppresses the C<(section) deprecated> message from
44 Pod::Checker, since specifying the man page section number is quite proper to do.
46 The additional checks it makes are:
50 =item Cross-pod link checking
52 Pod::Checker verifies that links to an internal target in a pod are not
53 broken. podcheck.t extends that (when called without FILE arguments) to
54 external links. It does this by gathering up all the possible targets in the
55 workspace, and cross-checking them. It also checks that a non-broken link
56 points to just one target. (The destination pod could have two targets with
59 The way that the C<LE<lt>E<gt>> pod command works (for links outside the pod)
60 is to actually create a link to C<search.cpan.org> with an embedded query for
61 the desired pod or man page. That means that links outside the distribution
62 are valid. podcheck.t doesn't verify the validity of such links, but instead
63 keeps a data base of those known to be valid. This means that if a link to a
64 target not on the list is created, the target needs to be added to the data
65 base. This is accomplished via the L<--add_link|/--add_link MODULE ...>
66 option to podcheck.t, described below.
68 =item An internal link that isn't so specified
70 If a link is broken, but there is an existing internal target of the same
71 name, it is likely that the internal target was meant, and the C<"/"> is
72 missing from the C<LE<lt>E<gt>> pod command.
74 =item Verbatim paragraphs that wrap in an 80 column window
76 It's annoying to have lines wrap when displaying pod documentation in a
77 terminal window. This checks that all such lines fit, and for those that
78 don't, it tells you how much needs to be cut in order to fit. However,
79 if you're fixing these, keep in mind that some terminal/pager combinations
80 require really a maximum of 79 or 78 columns to display properly.
82 Often, the easiest thing to do to gain space for these is to lower the indent
85 =item Missing or duplicate NAME or missing NAME short description
87 A pod can't be linked to unless it has a unique name.
88 And a NAME should have a dash and short description after it.
90 =item =encoding statement issues
92 This indicates if an C<=encoding> statement should be present, or moved to the
95 =item Items that perhaps should be links
97 There are mentions of apparent files in the pods that perhaps should be links
98 instead, using C<LE<lt>...E<gt>>
100 =item Items that perhaps should be C<FE<lt>...E<gt>>
102 What look like path names enclosed in C<CE<lt>...E<gt>> should perhaps have
103 C<FE<lt>...E<gt>> mark-up instead.
107 A number of issues raised by podcheck.t and by the base Pod::Checker are not
108 really problems, but merely potential problems. After inspecting them and
109 deciding that they aren't real problems, it is possible to shut up this program
110 about them, unlike base Pod::Checker. To do this, call podcheck.t with the
111 C<--regen> option to regenerate the database. This tells it that all existing
112 issues are to not be mentioned again.
114 This isn't fool-proof. The database merely keeps track of the number of these
115 potential problems of each type for each pod. If a new problem of a given
116 type is introduced into the pod, podcheck.t will spit out all of them. You
117 then have to figure out which is the new one, and should it be changed or not.
118 But doing it this way insulates the database from having to keep track of line
119 numbers of problems, which may change, or the exact wording of each problem
120 which might also change without affecting whether it is a problem or not.
122 Also, if the count of potential problems of a given type for a pod decreases,
123 the database must be regenerated so that it knows the new number. The program
124 gives instructions when this happens.
126 There is currently no check that modules listed as valid in the data base
127 actually are. Thus any errors introduced there will remain there.
133 =item --add_link MODULE ...
135 Use this option to teach podcheck.t that the C<MODULE>s or man pages actually
136 exist, and to silence any messages that links to them are broken.
138 podcheck.t checks that links within the Perl core distribution are valid, but
139 it doesn't check links to man pages or external modules. When it finds
140 a broken link, it checks its data base of external modules and man pages,
141 and only if not found there does it raise a message. This option just adds
142 the list of modules and man page references that follow it on the command line
148 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --add_link Unicode::Casing
150 causes the external module "Unicode::Casing" to be added to the data base, so
151 C<LE<lt>Unicode::Casing<gt>> will be considered valid.
155 Regenerate the data base used by podcheck.t to include all the existing
156 potential problems. Future runs of the program will not then flag any of
161 Normally, all pods in the cpan directory are skipped, except to make sure that
162 any blead-upstream links to such pods are valid.
163 This option will cause cpan upstream pods to be checked.
167 Normally, all old perldelta pods are skipped, except to make sure that
168 any links to such pods are valid. This is because they are considered
169 stable, and perhaps trying to fix them will cause changes that will
170 misrepresent Perl's history. But, this option will cause them to be checked.
174 Normally, if the number of potential problems of a given type found for a
175 pod matches the expected value in the database, they will not be displayed.
176 This option forces the database to be ignored during the run, so all potential
177 problems are displayed and will fail their respective pod test. Specifying
178 any particular FILES to operate on automatically selects this option.
182 Instead of testing, this just dumps the counts of the occurrences of the
183 various types of potential problems in the data base.
189 The database is stored in F<t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat>
197 #####################################################
198 # HOW IT WORKS (in general)
200 # If not called with specific files to check, the directory structure is
201 # examined for files that have pods in them. Files that might not have to be
202 # fully parsed (e.g. in cpan) are parsed enough at this time to find their
203 # pod's NAME, and to get a checksum.
205 # Those kinds of files are sorted last, but otherwise the pods are parsed with
206 # the package coded here, My::Pod::Checker, which is an extension to
207 # Pod::Checker that adds some tests and suppresses others that aren't
208 # appropriate. The latter module has no provision for capturing diagnostics,
209 # so a package, Tie_Array_to_FH, is used to force them to be placed into an
210 # array instead of printed.
212 # Parsing the files builds up a list of links. The files are gone through
213 # again, doing cross-link checking and outputting all saved-up problems with
216 # Sorting the files last that potentially don't need to be fully parsed allows
217 # us to not parse them unless there is a link to an internal anchor in them
218 # from something that we have already parsed. Keeping checksums allows us to
219 # not parse copies of other pods.
221 #####################################################
223 # 1 => Exclude low priority messages that aren't likely to be problems, and
224 # has many false positives; higher numbers give more messages.
225 my $Warnings_Level = 200;
227 # perldelta during construction may have place holder links.
228 our @perldelta_ignore_links = ( "XXX", "perl5YYYdelta", "perldiag/message" );
230 # To see if two pods with the same NAME are actually copies of the same pod,
231 # which is not an error, it uses a checksum to save work.
232 my $digest_type = "SHA-1";
234 my $original_dir = File::Spec->rel2abs(File::Spec->curdir);
235 my $data_dir = File::Spec->catdir($original_dir, 'porting');
236 my $known_issues = File::Spec->catfile($data_dir, 'known_pod_issues.dat');
239 my $MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 80; # 80 columns
240 my $INDENT = 8; # default nroff indent
242 # Our warning messages. Better not have [('"] in them, as those are used as
243 # delimiters for variable parts of the messages by poderror.
244 my $line_length = "Verbatim line length including indents exceeds $MAX_LINE_LENGTH by";
245 my $broken_link = "Apparent broken link";
246 my $broken_internal_link = "Apparent internal link is missing its forward slash";
247 my $see_not_linked = "? Should you be using L<...> instead of";
248 my $C_with_slash = "? Should you be using F<...> or maybe L<...> instead of";
249 my $multiple_targets = "There is more than one target";
250 my $duplicate_name = "Pod NAME already used";
251 my $need_encoding = "Should have =encoding statement because have non-ASCII";
252 my $encoding_first = "=encoding must be first command (if present)";
253 my $no_name = "There is no NAME";
254 my $missing_name_description = "The NAME should have a dash and short description after it";
256 # objects, tests, etc can't be pods, so don't look for them. Also skip
257 # files output by the patch program. Could also ignore most of .gitignore
258 # files, but not all, so don't.
259 my $non_pods = qr/ (?: \.
260 (?: [achot] | zip | gz | bz2 | jar | tar | tgz | PL | so
261 | orig | rej | patch # Patch program output
262 | sw[op] | \#.* # Editor droppings
263 | old # buildtoc output
266 ) | ~$ # Another editor dropping
270 # Pod::Checker messages to suppress
271 my @suppressed_messages = (
272 "(section) in", # Checker is wrong to flag this
273 "multiple occurrence of link target", # We catch independently the ones
274 # that are real problems.
276 "Entity number out of range", # Checker outputs this for anything above
277 # 255, and all Unicode is valid
281 # Returns bool as to if input message is one that is to be suppressed
284 return grep { $message =~ /^\Q$_/i } @suppressed_messages;
287 { # Closure to contain a simple subset of test.pl. This is to get rid of the
288 # unnecessary 'failed at' messages that would otherwise be output pointing
289 # to a particular line in this file.
291 my $current_test = 0;
296 $planned = $plan{tests};
297 print "1..$planned\n";
308 print "not " unless $success;
309 print "ok $current_test - $message\n";
315 my $n = @_ ? shift : 1;
318 print "ok $current_test # skip $why\n";
320 no warnings 'exiting';
329 print $message =~ s/^/# /mgr;
335 if ($planned && $planned != $current_test) {
337 "# Looks like you planned $planned tests but ran $current_test.\n";
342 # This is to get this to work across multiple file systems, including those
343 # that are not case sensitive. The db is stored in lower case, Un*x style,
344 # and all file name comparisons are done that way.
345 sub canonicalize($) {
347 my ($volume, $directories, $file)
348 = File::Spec->splitpath(File::Spec->canonpath($input));
349 # Assumes $volume is constant for everything in this directory structure
350 $directories = "" if ! $directories;
351 $file = "" if ! $file;
352 my $output = lc join '/', File::Spec->splitdir($directories), $file;
353 $output =~ s! / /+ !/!gx; # Multiple slashes => single slash
358 # List of known potential problems by pod and type.
361 # Pods given by the keys contain an interior node that is referred to from
363 my %has_referred_to_node;
370 my $do_upstream_cpan = 0; # Assume that are to skip anything in /cpan
371 my $do_deltas = 0; # And stable perldeltas
373 while (@ARGV && substr($ARGV[0], 0, 1) eq '-') {
374 my $arg = shift @ARGV;
376 $arg =~ s/^--/-/; # Treat '--' the same as a single '-'
377 if ($arg eq '-regen') {
380 elsif ($arg eq '-add_link') {
383 elsif ($arg eq '-cpan') {
384 $do_upstream_cpan = 1;
386 elsif ($arg eq '-deltas') {
389 elsif ($arg eq '-show_all') {
392 elsif ($arg eq '-counts') {
397 Unknown option '$arg'
399 Usage: $0 [ --regen | --cpan | --show_all | FILE ... | --add_link MODULE ... ]\n"
400 --add_link -> Add the MODULE and man page references to the data base
401 --regen -> Regenerate the data file for $0
402 --cpan -> Include files in the cpan subdirectory.
403 --deltas -> Include stable perldeltas
404 --show_all -> Show all known potential problems
405 --counts -> Don't test, but give summary counts of the currently
413 my $cpan_or_deltas = $do_upstream_cpan || $do_deltas;
414 if (($regen + $show_all + $show_counts + $add_link + $cpan_or_deltas ) > 1) {
415 croak "--regen, --show_all, --counts, and --add_link are mutually exclusive\n and none can be run with --cpan nor --deltas";
418 my $has_input_files = @files;
421 && ($regen || $show_counts || $do_upstream_cpan || $do_deltas))
423 croak "--regen, --counts, --deltas, and --cpan can't be used since using specific files";
426 if ($add_link && ! $has_input_files) {
427 croak "--add_link requires at least one module or man page reference";
430 our %problems; # potential problems found in this run
432 package My::Pod::Checker { # Extend Pod::Checker
433 use parent 'Pod::Checker';
435 # Uses inside out hash to protect from typos
436 # For new fields, remember to add to destructor DESTROY()
437 my %indents; # Stack of indents from =over's in effect for
439 my %current_indent; # Current line's indent
440 my %filename; # The pod is store in this file
441 my %skip; # is SKIP set for this pod
442 my %in_NAME; # true if within NAME section
443 my %in_begin; # true if within =begin section
444 my %linkable_item; # Bool: if the latest =item is linkable. It isn't
445 # for bullet and number lists
446 my %linkable_nodes; # Pod::Checker adds all =items to its node list,
447 # but not all =items are linkable to
448 my %seen_encoding_cmd; # true if have =encoding earlier
449 my %command_count; # Number of commands seen
450 my %seen_pod_cmd; # true if have =pod earlier
451 my %warned_encoding; # true if already have warned about =encoding
455 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0];
456 delete $command_count{$addr};
457 delete $current_indent{$addr};
458 delete $filename{$addr};
459 delete $in_begin{$addr};
460 delete $indents{$addr};
461 delete $in_NAME{$addr};
462 delete $linkable_item{$addr};
463 delete $linkable_nodes{$addr};
464 delete $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr};
465 delete $seen_pod_cmd{$addr};
467 delete $warned_encoding{$addr};
473 my $filename = shift;
475 my $self = $class->SUPER::new(-quiet => 1,
476 -warnings => $Warnings_Level);
477 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
478 $command_count{$addr} = 0;
479 $current_indent{$addr} = 0;
480 $filename{$addr} = $filename;
481 $in_begin{$addr} = 0;
483 $linkable_item{$addr} = 0;
484 $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr} = 0;
485 $seen_pod_cmd{$addr} = 0;
486 $warned_encoding{$addr} = 0;
490 # re's for messages that Pod::Checker outputs
491 my $location = qr/ \b (?:in|at|on|near) \s+ /xi;
492 my $optional_location = qr/ (?: $location )? /xi;
493 my $line_reference = qr/ [('"]? $optional_location \b line \s+
494 (?: \d+ | EOF | \Q???\E | - )
497 sub poderror { # Called to register a potential problem
499 # This adds an extra field to the parent hash, 'parameter'. It is
500 # used to extract the variable parts of a message leaving just the
501 # constant skeleton. This in turn allows the message to be
502 # categorized better, so that it shows up as a single type in our
503 # database, with the specifics of each occurrence not being stored with
509 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
510 return if $skip{$addr};
512 # Input can be a string or hash. If a string, parse it to separate
513 # out the line number and convert to a hash for easier further
516 if (ref $opts ne 'HASH') {
517 $message = join "", $opts, @_;
519 if ($message =~ s/\s*($line_reference)//) {
520 ($line_number = $1) =~ s/\s*$optional_location//;
523 $line_number = '???';
525 $opts = { -msg => $message, -line => $line_number };
527 $message = $opts->{'-msg'};
531 $message =~ s/^\d+\s+//;
532 return if main::suppressed($message);
534 $self->SUPER::poderror($opts, @_);
536 $opts->{parameter} = "" unless $opts->{parameter};
538 # The variable parts of the message tend to be enclosed in '...',
539 # "....", or (...). Extract them and put them in an extra field,
540 # 'parameter'. This is trickier because the matching delimiter to a
541 # '(' is its mirror, and not itself. Text::Balanced could be used
543 while ($message =~ m/ \s* $optional_location ( [('"] )/xg) {
546 $delimiter = ')' if $delimiter eq '(';
548 # If there is no ending delimiter, don't consider it to be a
549 # variable part. Most likely it is a contraction like "Don't"
550 last unless $message =~ m/\G .+? \Q$delimiter/xg;
552 my $length = $+[0] - $start;
554 # Get the part up through the closing delimiter
555 my $special = substr($message, $start, $length);
556 $special =~ s/^\s+//; # No leading whitespace
558 # And add that variable part to the parameter, while removing it
559 # from the message. This isn't a foolproof way of finding the
560 # variable part. For example '(s)' can occur in e.g.,
562 if ($special ne '(s)') {
563 substr($message, $start, $length) = "";
564 pos $message = $start;
565 $opts->{-msg} = $message;
566 $opts->{parameter} .= " " if $opts->{parameter};
567 $opts->{parameter} .= $special;
571 # Extract any additional line number given. This is often the
572 # beginning location of something whereas the main line number gives
574 if ($message =~ /( $line_reference )/xi) {
576 while ($message =~ s/\s*\Q$line_ref//) {
577 $opts->{-msg} = $message;
578 $opts->{parameter} .= " " if $opts->{parameter};
579 $opts->{parameter} .= $line_ref;
583 Carp::carp("Couldn't extract line number from '$message'") if $message =~ /line \d+/;
584 push @{$problems{$filename{$addr}}{$message}}, $opts;
585 #push @{$problems{$self->get_filename}{$message}}, $opts;
588 sub check_encoding { # Does it need an =encoding statement?
589 my ($self, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para) = @_;
591 # Do nothing if there is an =encoding in the file, or if the line
592 # doesn't require an =encoding, or have already warned.
593 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
594 return if $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr}
595 || $warned_encoding{$addr}
596 || $paragraph !~ /\P{ASCII}/;
598 $warned_encoding{$addr} = 1;
599 my ($file, $line) = $pod_para->file_line;
600 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
601 -msg => $need_encoding
607 my ($self, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para) = @_;
608 $self->check_encoding($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
610 $self->SUPER::verbatim($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
612 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
614 # Pick up the name, since the parent class doesn't in verbatim
615 # NAMEs; so treat as non-verbatim. The parent class only allows one
616 # paragraph in a NAME section, so if there is an extra blank line, it
617 # will trigger a message, but such a blank line is harmless, so skip
619 if ($in_NAME{$addr} && $paragraph =~ /\S/) {
620 $self->textblock($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
623 my @lines = split /^/, $paragraph;
624 for my $i (0 .. @lines - 1) {
625 if ( my $encoding = $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr} ) {
627 $lines[$i] = Encode::decode($encoding, $lines[$i]);
629 $lines[$i] =~ s/\s+$//;
630 my $indent = $self->get_current_indent;
631 my $exceeds = length(Text::Tabs::expand($lines[$i]))
632 + $indent - $MAX_LINE_LENGTH;
633 next unless $exceeds > 0;
634 my ($file, $line) = $pod_para->file_line;
635 $self->poderror({ -line => $line + $i, -file => $file,
636 -msg => $line_length,
637 parameter => "+$exceeds (including " . ($indent - $INDENT) . " from =over's)",
643 my ($self, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para) = @_;
644 $self->check_encoding($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
646 $self->SUPER::textblock($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
648 my ($file, $line) = $pod_para->file_line;
649 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
650 if ($in_NAME{$addr}) {
652 my $text = $self->interpolate($paragraph, $line_num);
653 if ($text =~ /^\s*(\S+?)\s*$/) {
655 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
656 -msg => $missing_name_description,
661 $paragraph = join " ", split /^/, $paragraph;
663 # Matches something that looks like a file name, but is enclosed in
665 my $C_path_re = qr{ \b ( C<
666 # exclude various things that have slashes
667 # in them but aren't paths
669 (?: (?: s | qr | m) / ) # regexes
670 | \d+/\d+> # probable fractions
675 | - # File names don't begin with "-"
677 [-\w]+ (?: / [-\w]+ )+ (?: \. \w+ )? > )
680 # If looks like a reference to other documentation by containing the
681 # word 'See' and then a likely pod directive, warn.
682 while ($paragraph =~ m{
683 ( (?: \w+ \s+ )* ) # The phrase before, if any
687 ( [^<]*? ) # The not < excludes nested C<L<...
690 ( \s+ (?: under | in ) \s+ L< )?
692 my $prefix = $1 // "";
693 my $construct = $2; # The whole thing, like C<...>
696 my $trailing = $5; # After the whole thing ending in "L<"
698 # If the full phrase is something like, "you might see C<", or
699 # similar, it really isn't a reference to a link. The ones I saw
700 # all had the word "you" in them; and the "you" wasn't the
701 # beginning of a sentence.
702 if ($prefix !~ / \b you \b /x) {
704 # Now, find what the module or man page name within the
705 # construct would be if it actually has L<> syntax. If it
706 # doesn't have that syntax, will set the module to the entire
709 (?: [^|]+ \| )? # Optional arbitrary text ending
711 ( .+? ) # module, etc. name
712 (?: \/ .+ )? # target within module
716 if (! defined $trailing # not referring to something in another
718 && $interior !~ /$non_pods/
720 # C<> that look like files have their own message below, so
722 && $construct !~ /$C_path_re/g
724 # There can't be spaces (I think) in module names or man
726 && $module !~ / \s /x
728 # F<> that end in eg \.pl are almost certainly ok, as are
729 # those that look like a path with multiple "/" chars
732 && $interior !~ /\.\w+$/
733 && $interior !~ /\/.+\//)
736 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
737 -msg => $see_not_linked,
738 parameter => $construct
743 while ($paragraph =~ m/$C_path_re/g) {
745 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
746 -msg => $C_with_slash,
747 parameter => $construct
754 my ($self, $cmd, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para) = @_;
755 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
757 $seen_pod_cmd{$addr}++;
759 elsif ($cmd eq "encoding") {
760 my ($file, $line) = $pod_para->file_line;
761 $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr} = $paragraph; # for later decoding
762 if ($command_count{$addr} != 1 && $seen_pod_cmd{$addr}) {
763 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
764 -msg => $encoding_first
768 $self->check_encoding($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
770 # Pod::Check treats all =items as linkable, but the bullet and
771 # numbered lists really aren't. So keep our own list. This has to be
772 # processed before SUPER is called so that the list is started before
773 # the rest of it gets parsed.
774 if ($cmd eq 'item') { # Not linkable if item begins with * or a digit
775 $linkable_item{$addr} = ($paragraph !~ / ^ \s*
777 | \d+ \.? (?: \$ | \s+ )
783 $self->SUPER::command($cmd, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
785 $command_count{$addr}++;
787 $in_NAME{$addr} = 0; # Will change to 1 below if necessary
788 $in_begin{$addr} = 0; # ibid
789 if ($cmd eq 'over') {
790 my $text = $self->interpolate($paragraph, $line_num);
791 my $indent = 4; # default
792 $indent = $1 if $text && $text =~ /^\s*(\d+)\s*$/;
793 push @{$indents{$addr}}, $indent;
794 $current_indent{$addr} += $indent;
796 elsif ($cmd eq 'back') {
797 if (@{$indents{$addr}}) {
798 $current_indent{$addr} -= pop @{$indents{$addr}};
801 # =back without corresponding =over, but should have
803 $current_indent{$addr} = 0;
806 elsif ($cmd =~ /^head/) {
807 if (! $in_begin{$addr}) {
809 # If a particular formatter, then this command doesn't really
811 $current_indent{$addr} = 0;
812 undef @{$indents{$addr}};
815 my $text = $self->interpolate($paragraph, $line_num);
816 $in_NAME{$addr} = 1 if $cmd eq 'head1'
817 && $text && $text =~ /^NAME\b/;
819 elsif ($cmd eq 'begin') {
820 $in_begin{$addr} = 1;
830 if ($_[0] && ($page = $_[0][1]{'-page'})) {
831 my $node = $_[0][1]{'-node'};
833 # If the hyperlink is to an interior node of another page, save it
834 # so that we can see if we need to parse normally skipped files.
835 $has_referred_to_node{$page} = 1 if $node;
837 # Ignore certain placeholder links in perldelta. Check if the
838 # link is page-level, and also check if to a node within the page
839 if ($self->name && $self->name eq "perldelta"
840 && ((grep { $page eq $_ } @perldelta_ignore_links)
842 && (grep { "$page/$node" eq $_ } @perldelta_ignore_links)
847 return $self->SUPER::hyperlink($_[0]);
854 $text =~ s/\s+$//s; # strip trailing whitespace
855 $text =~ s/\s+/ /gs; # collapse whitespace
856 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
857 push(@{$linkable_nodes{$addr}}, $text) if
858 ! $current_indent{$addr}
859 || $linkable_item{$addr};
861 return $self->SUPER::node($_[0]);
864 sub get_current_indent {
865 return $INDENT + $current_indent{Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0]};
869 return $filename{Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0]};
873 my $linkables = $linkable_nodes{Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0]};
874 return undef unless $linkables;
879 return $skip{Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0]} // 0;
884 $skip{Scalar::Util::refaddr $self} = shift;
886 # If skipping, no need to keep the problems for it
887 delete $problems{$self->get_filename};
892 package Tie_Array_to_FH { # So printing actually goes to an array
898 my $array_ref = shift;
900 my $self = bless \do{ my $anonymous_scalar }, $class;
901 $array{Scalar::Util::refaddr $self} = $array_ref;
908 push @{$array{Scalar::Util::refaddr $self}}, @_;
914 my %filename_to_checker; # Map a filename to it's pod checker object
915 my %id_to_checker; # Map a checksum to it's pod checker object
916 my %nodes; # key is filename, values are nodes in that file.
917 my %nodes_first_word; # same, but value is first word of each node
918 my %valid_modules; # List of modules known to exist outside us.
919 my %digests; # checksums of files, whose names are the keys
920 my %filename_to_pod; # Map a filename to its pod NAME
921 my %files_with_unknown_issues;
922 my %files_with_fixes;
925 open $data_fh, '<:bytes', $known_issues or die "Can't open $known_issues";
927 my %counts; # For --counts param, count of each issue type
928 my %suppressed_files; # Files with at least one issue type to suppress
930 # This file is the data file for $0.
931 # There are three types of lines.
932 # Comment lines are white-space only or begin with a '#', like this one. Any
933 # changes you make to the comment lines will be lost when the file is
935 # Lines without tab characters are simply NAMES of pods that the program knows
936 # will have links to them and the program does not check if those links are
938 # All other lines should have three fields, each separated by a tab. The
939 # first field is the name of a pod; the second field is an error message
940 # generated by this program; and the third field is a count of how many
941 # known instances of that message there are in the pod. -1 means that the
942 # program can expect any number of this type of message.
948 while (<$data_fh>) { # Read the data base
950 next if /^\s*(?:#|$)/; # Skip comment and empty lines
953 if ($add_link) { # The issues are saved and later output unchanged
954 push @existing_issues, $_;
958 # Keep track of counts of each issue type for each file
959 my ($filename, $message, $count) = split /\t/;
960 $known_problems{$filename}{$message} = $count;
963 if ($count < 0) { # -1 means to suppress this issue type
964 $suppressed_files{$filename} = $filename;
967 $counts{$message} += $count;
971 else { # Lines without a tab are modules known to be valid
972 $valid_modules{$_} = 1
978 $copy_fh = open_new($known_issues);
980 # Check for basic sanity, and add each command line argument
981 foreach my $module (@files) {
982 die "\"$module\" does not look like a module or man page"
983 # Must look like (A or A::B or A::B::C ..., or foo(3C)
984 if $module !~ /^ (?: \w+ (?: :: \w+ )* | \w+ \( \d \w* \) ) $/x;
985 $valid_modules{$module} = 1
987 my_safer_print($copy_fh, $HEADER);
988 foreach (sort { lc $a cmp lc $b } keys %valid_modules) {
989 my_safer_print($copy_fh, $_, "\n");
992 # The rest of the db file is output unchanged.
993 my_safer_print($copy_fh, join "\n", @existing_issues, "");
995 close_and_rename($copy_fh);
1001 foreach my $message (sort keys %counts) {
1002 $total += $counts{$message};
1003 note(Text::Tabs::expand("$counts{$message}\t$message"));
1005 note("-----\n" . Text::Tabs::expand("$total\tknown potential issues"));
1006 if (%suppressed_files) {
1007 note("\nFiles that have all messages of at least one type suppressed:");
1008 note(join ",", keys %suppressed_files);
1014 my %excluded_files = (
1015 "lib/unicore/mktables" => 1,
1016 "Porting/perldelta_template.pod" => 1,
1023 # Convert to more generic form.
1024 foreach my $file (keys %excluded_files) {
1025 delete $excluded_files{$file};
1026 $excluded_files{canonicalize($file)} = 1;
1029 # re to match files that are to be parsed only if there is an internal link
1030 # to them. It does not include cpan, as whether those are parsed depends
1031 # on a switch. Currently, only perltoc and the stable perldelta.pod's
1032 # are included. The latter all have characters between 'perl' and
1033 # 'delta'. (Actually the currently developed one matches as well, but
1034 # is a duplicate of perldelta.pod, so can be skipped, so fine for it to
1036 my $only_for_interior_links_re = qr/ ^ pod\/perltoc.pod $
1038 unless ($do_deltas) {
1039 $only_for_interior_links_re = qr/$only_for_interior_links_re |
1040 \b perl \d+ delta \. pod \b
1047 sub output_thanks ($$$$) { # Called when an issue has been fixed
1048 my $filename = shift;
1049 my $original_count = shift;
1050 my $current_count = shift;
1051 my $message = shift;
1053 $files_with_fixes{$filename} = 1;
1055 my $fixed_count = $original_count - $current_count;
1056 my $a_problem = ($fixed_count == 1) ? "a problem" : "multiple problems";
1057 my $another_problem = ($fixed_count == 1) ? "another problem" : "another set of problems";
1061 There were $original_count occurrences (now $current_count) in this pod of type
1066 There are no longer any problems found in this pod!
1073 Thanks for fixing $a_problem!
1075 Now you must teach $0 that this was fixed.
1080 Thanks for fixing $another_problem.
1089 sub my_safer_print { # print, with error checking for outputting to db
1090 my ($fh, @lines) = @_;
1092 if (! print $fh @lines) {
1093 my $save_error = $!;
1095 die "Write failure: $save_error";
1099 sub extract_pod { # Extracts just the pod from a file
1100 my $filename = shift;
1104 # Arrange for the output of Pod::Parser to be collected in an array we can
1105 # look at instead of being printed
1106 tie *ALREADY_FH, 'Tie_Array_to_FH', \@pod;
1107 open my $in_fh, '<:bytes', $filename
1109 # The file should already have been opened once to get here, so if
1110 # fails, just die. It's possible that a transitory file containing a
1111 # pod would get here, but not bothering to add code for that very
1113 or die "Can't open '$filename': $!\n";
1115 my $parser = Pod::Parser->new();
1116 $parser->parse_from_filehandle($in_fh, *ALREADY_FH);
1119 return join "", @pod
1122 my $digest = Digest->new($digest_type);
1125 # If $_ is a pod file, add it to the lists and do other prep work.
1128 # Don't look at files in directories that are for tests, nor those
1129 # beginning with a dot
1130 if ($_ eq 't' || $_ =~ /^\../) {
1131 $File::Find::prune = 1;
1136 return if $_ =~ /^\./; # No hidden Unix files
1137 return if $_ =~ $non_pods;
1139 my $filename = $File::Find::name;
1141 # Assumes that the path separator is exactly one character.
1142 $filename =~ s/^\..//;
1144 return if $excluded_files{canonicalize($filename)};
1149 if (! open $candidate, '<:bytes', $_) {
1151 # If a transitory file was found earlier, the open could fail
1152 # legitimately and we just skip the file; also skip it if it is a
1153 # broken symbolic link, as it is probably just a build problem;
1154 # certainly not a file that we would want to check the pod of.
1155 # Otherwise fail it here and no reason to process it further.
1156 # (But the test count will be off too)
1157 ok(0, "Can't open '$filename': $!")
1158 if -e $filename && ! -l $filename;
1164 # If the file is a .pm or .pod, having any initial '=' on a line is
1165 # grounds for testing it. Otherwise, require a head1 NAME line to view it
1166 # as a potential pod
1167 if ($filename =~ /\.(?:pm|pod)/) {
1168 return unless $contents =~ /^=/m;
1170 return unless $contents =~ /^=head1 +NAME/m;
1173 # Here, we know that the file is a pod. Add it to the list of files
1174 # to check and create a checker object for it.
1176 push @files, $filename;
1177 my $checker = My::Pod::Checker->new($filename);
1178 $filename_to_checker{$filename} = $checker;
1180 # In order to detect duplicate pods and only analyze them once, we
1181 # compute checksums for the file, so don't have to do an exact
1182 # compare. Note that if the pod is just part of the file, the
1183 # checksums can differ for the same pod. That special case is handled
1184 # later, since if the checksums of the whole file are the same, that
1185 # case won't even come up. We don't need the checksums for files that
1186 # we parse only if there is a link to its interior, but we do need its
1187 # NAME, which is also retrieved in the code below.
1189 if ($filename =~ / (?: ^(cpan|lib|ext|dist)\/ )
1190 | $only_for_interior_links_re
1192 $digest->add($contents);
1193 $digests{$filename} = $digest->digest;
1195 # lib files aren't analyzed if they are duplicates of files copied
1196 # there from some other directory. But to determine this, we need
1197 # to know their NAMEs. We might as well find the NAME now while
1198 # the file is open. Similarly, cpan files aren't analyzed unless
1199 # we're analyzing all of them, or this particular file is linked
1200 # to by a file we are analyzing, and thus we will want to verify
1201 # that the target exists in it. We need to know at least the NAME
1202 # to see if it's worth analyzing, or so we can determine if a lib
1203 # file is a copy of a cpan one.
1204 if ($filename =~ m{ (?: ^ (?: cpan | lib ) / )
1205 | $only_for_interior_links_re
1207 if ($contents =~ /^=head1 +NAME.*/mg) {
1208 # The NAME is the first non-spaces on the line up to a
1209 # comma, dash or end of line. Otherwise, it's invalid and
1210 # this pod doesn't have a legal name that we're smart
1211 # enough to find currently. But the parser will later
1212 # find it if it thinks there is a legal name, and set the
1214 if ($contents =~ /\G # continue from the line after =head1
1215 \s* # ignore any empty lines
1216 ^ \s* ( \S+?) \s* (?: [,-] | $ )/mx) {
1218 $checker->name($name);
1219 $id_to_checker{$name} = $checker
1220 if $filename =~ m{^cpan/};
1223 elsif ($filename =~ m{^cpan/}) {
1224 $id_to_checker{$digests{$filename}} = $checker;
1230 } # End of is_pod_file()
1232 # Start of real code that isn't processing the command line (except the
1233 # db is read in above, as is processing of the --add_link option).
1234 # Here, @files contains list of files on the command line. If have any of
1235 # these, unconditionally test them, and show all the errors, even the known
1236 # ones, and, since not testing other pods, don't do cross-pod link tests.
1237 # (Could add extra code to do cross-pod tests for the ones in the list.)
1239 if ($has_input_files) {
1240 undef %known_problems;
1241 $do_upstream_cpan = $do_deltas = 1; # In case one of the inputs is one
1244 else { # No input files -- go find all the possibilities.
1246 $copy_fh = open_new($known_issues);
1247 note("Regenerating $known_issues, please be patient...");
1248 print $copy_fh $HEADER;
1251 # Move to the directory above us, but have to adjust @INC to account for
1253 s{^\.\./lib$}{lib} for @INC;
1254 chdir File::Spec->updir;
1256 # And look in this directory and all its subdirectories
1257 find( \&is_pod_file, '.');
1259 # Add ourselves to the test
1260 push @files, "t/porting/podcheck.t";
1263 # Now we know how many tests there will be.
1264 plan (tests => scalar @files) if ! $regen;
1267 # Sort file names so we get consistent results, and to put cpan last,
1268 # preceeded by the ones that we don't generally parse. This is because both
1269 # these classes are generally parsed only if there is a link to the interior
1270 # of them, and we have to parse all others first to guarantee that they don't
1271 # have such a link. 'lib' files come just before these, as some of these are
1272 # duplicates of others. We already have figured this out when gathering the
1273 # data as a special case for all such files, but this, while unnecessary,
1274 # puts the derived file last in the output. 'readme' files come before those,
1275 # as those also could be duplicates of others, which are considered the
1276 # primary ones. These currently aren't figured out when gathering data, so
1278 @files = sort { if ($a =~ /^cpan/) {
1279 return 1 if $b !~ /^cpan/;
1282 elsif ($b =~ /^cpan/) {
1285 elsif ($a =~ /$only_for_interior_links_re/) {
1286 return 1 if $b !~ /$only_for_interior_links_re/;
1289 elsif ($b =~ /$only_for_interior_links_re/) {
1292 elsif ($a =~ /^lib/) {
1293 return 1 if $b !~ /^lib/;
1296 elsif ($b =~ /^lib/) {
1298 } elsif ($a =~ /\breadme\b/i) {
1299 return 1 if $b !~ /\breadme\b/i;
1302 elsif ($b =~ /\breadme\b/i) {
1306 return lc $a cmp lc $b;
1311 # Now go through all the files and parse them
1312 foreach my $filename (@files) {
1314 note("parsing $filename") if DEBUG;
1316 # We may have already figured out some things in the process of generating
1317 # the file list. If so, have a $checker object already. But if not,
1319 my $checker = $filename_to_checker{$filename};
1321 $checker = My::Pod::Checker->new($filename);
1322 $filename_to_checker{$filename} = $checker;
1325 # We have set the name in the checker object if there is a possibility
1326 # that no further parsing is necessary, but otherwise do the parsing now.
1327 if (! $checker->name) {
1329 $checker->parse_from_file($filename, undef);
1332 if ($checker->num_errors() < 0) { # Returns negative if not a pod
1333 $checker->set_skip("$filename is not a pod");
1337 # Here, is a pod. See if it is one that has already been tested,
1338 # or should be tested under another directory. Use either its NAME
1339 # if it has one, or a checksum if not.
1340 my $name = $checker->name;
1347 my $digest = Digest->new($digest_type);
1348 $digest->add(extract_pod($filename));
1349 $id = $digest->digest;
1352 # If there is a match for this pod with something that we've already
1353 # processed, don't process it, and output why.
1355 if (defined ($prior_checker = $id_to_checker{$id})
1356 && $prior_checker != $checker) # Could have defined the checker
1357 # earlier without pursuing it
1360 # If the pods are identical, then it's just a copy, and isn't an
1361 # error. First use the checksums we have already computed to see
1362 # if the entire files are identical, which means that the pods are
1364 my $prior_filename = $prior_checker->get_filename;
1366 || ($digests{$prior_filename}
1367 && $digests{$filename}
1368 && $digests{$prior_filename} eq $digests{$filename}));
1370 # If they differ, it could be that the files differ for some
1371 # reason, but the pods they contain are identical. Extract the
1372 # pods and do the comparisons on just those.
1373 if (! $same && $name) {
1374 $same = extract_pod($prior_filename) eq extract_pod($filename);
1378 $checker->set_skip("The pod of $filename is a duplicate of "
1379 . "the pod for $prior_filename");
1380 } elsif ($prior_filename =~ /\breadme\b/i) {
1381 $checker->set_skip("$prior_filename is a README apparently for $filename");
1382 } elsif ($filename =~ /\breadme\b/i) {
1383 $checker->set_skip("$filename is a README apparently for $prior_filename");
1384 } elsif (! $do_upstream_cpan && $filename =~ /^cpan/) {
1385 $checker->set_skip("CPAN is upstream for $filename");
1386 } else { # Here have two pods with identical names that differ
1387 $prior_checker->poderror(
1388 { -msg => $duplicate_name,
1390 parameter => "'$filename' also has NAME '$name'"
1393 { -msg => $duplicate_name,
1395 parameter => "'$prior_filename' also has NAME '$name'"
1398 # Changing the names helps later.
1399 $prior_checker->name("$name version arbitrarily numbered 1");
1400 $checker->name("$name version arbitrarily numbered 2");
1403 # In any event, don't process this pod that has the same name as
1409 $id_to_checker{$id} = $checker;
1411 my $parsed_for_links = ", but parsed for its interior links";
1412 if ((! $do_upstream_cpan && $filename =~ /^cpan/)
1413 || $filename =~ $only_for_interior_links_re)
1415 if ($filename =~ /^cpan/) {
1416 $checker->set_skip("CPAN is upstream for $filename");
1418 elsif ($filename =~ /perl\d+delta/ && ! $do_deltas) {
1419 $checker->set_skip("$filename is a stable perldelta");
1421 elsif ($filename =~ /perltoc/) {
1422 $checker->set_skip("$filename dependent on component pods");
1425 croak("Unexpected file '$filename' encountered that has parsing for interior-linking only");
1428 if ($name && $has_referred_to_node{$name}) {
1429 $checker->set_skip($checker->get_skip() . $parsed_for_links);
1433 # Need a name in order to process it, because not meaningful
1434 # otherwise, and also can't test links to this without a name.
1435 if (!defined $name) {
1436 $checker->poderror( { -msg => $no_name,
1442 # For skipped files, just get its NAME
1444 if (($skip = $checker->get_skip()) && $skip !~ /$parsed_for_links/)
1446 $checker->node($name) if $name;
1449 $checker->parse_from_file($filename, undef) if ! $parsed;
1452 # Go through everything in the file that could be an anchor that
1453 # could be a link target. Count how many there are of the same name.
1454 foreach my $node ($checker->linkable_nodes) {
1455 next if ! $node; # Can be empty is like '=item *'
1456 if (exists $nodes{$name}{$node}) {
1457 $nodes{$name}{$node}++;
1460 $nodes{$name}{$node} = 1;
1463 # Experiments have shown that cpan search can figure out the
1464 # target of a link even if the exact wording is incorrect, as long
1465 # as the first word is. This happens frequently in perlfunc.pod,
1466 # where the link will be just to the function, but the target
1467 # entry also includes parameters to the function.
1468 my $first_word = $node;
1469 if ($first_word =~ s/^(\S+)\s+\S.*/$1/) {
1470 $nodes_first_word{$name}{$first_word} = $node;
1473 $filename_to_pod{$filename} = $name;
1477 # Here, all files have been parsed, and all links and link targets are stored.
1478 # Now go through the files again and see which don't have matches.
1479 if (! $has_input_files) {
1480 foreach my $filename (@files) {
1481 next if $filename_to_checker{$filename}->get_skip;
1482 my $checker = $filename_to_checker{$filename};
1483 foreach my $link ($checker->hyperlink) {
1484 my $linked_to_page = $link->[1]->page;
1485 next unless $linked_to_page; # intra-file checks are handled by std
1488 # Initialize the potential message.
1489 my %problem = ( -msg => $broken_link,
1490 -line => $link->[0],
1491 parameter => "to \"$linked_to_page\"",
1494 # See if we have found the linked-to_file in our parse
1495 if (exists $nodes{$linked_to_page}) {
1496 my $node = $link->[1]->node;
1498 # If link is only to the page-level, already have it
1501 # Transform pod language to what we are expecting
1502 $node =~ s,E<sol>,/,g;
1503 $node =~ s/E<verbar>/|/g;
1505 # If link is to a node that exists in the file, is ok
1506 if ($nodes{$linked_to_page}{$node}) {
1508 # But if the page has multiple targets with the same name,
1509 # it's ambiguous which one this should be to.
1510 if ($nodes{$linked_to_page}{$node} > 1) {
1511 $problem{-msg} = $multiple_targets;
1512 $problem{parameter} = "in $linked_to_page that $node could be pointing to";
1513 $checker->poderror(\%problem);
1515 } elsif (! $nodes_first_word{$linked_to_page}{$node}) {
1517 # Here the link target was not found, either exactly or to
1518 # the first word. Is an error.
1519 $problem{parameter} =~ s,"$,/$node",;
1520 $checker->poderror(\%problem);
1523 } # Linked-to-file not in parse; maybe is in exception list
1524 elsif (! exists $valid_modules{$link->[1]->page}) {
1526 # Here, is a link to a target that we can't find. Check if
1527 # there is an internal link on the page with the target name.
1528 # If so, it could be that they just forgot the initial '/'
1529 # But perldelta is handled specially: only do this if the
1530 # broken link isn't one of the known bad ones (that are
1531 # placemarkers and should be removed for the final)
1532 my $NAME = $filename_to_pod{$filename};
1533 if (! defined $NAME) {
1534 $checker->poderror(\%problem);
1537 if ($nodes{$NAME}{$linked_to_page}) {
1538 $problem{-msg} = $broken_internal_link;
1540 $checker->poderror(\%problem);
1547 # If regenerating the data file, start with the modules for which we don't
1550 foreach (sort { lc $a cmp lc $b } keys %valid_modules) {
1551 my_safer_print($copy_fh, $_, "\n");
1555 # Now ready to output the messages.
1556 foreach my $filename (@files) {
1557 my $test_name = "POD of $filename";
1558 my $canonical = canonicalize($filename);
1560 my $skip = $filename_to_checker{$filename}->get_skip // "";
1563 foreach my $message ( sort keys %{$problems{$filename}}) {
1566 # Preserve a negative setting.
1567 if ($known_problems{$canonical}{$message}
1568 && $known_problems{$canonical}{$message} < 0)
1570 $count = $known_problems{$canonical}{$message};
1573 $count = @{$problems{$filename}{$message}};
1575 my_safer_print($copy_fh, canonicalize($filename) . "\t$message\t$count\n");
1580 skip($skip, 1) if $skip;
1584 my $total_known = 0;
1585 foreach my $message ( sort keys %{$problems{$filename}}) {
1586 $known_problems{$canonical}{$message} = 0
1587 if ! $known_problems{$canonical}{$message};
1588 my $diagnostic = "";
1589 my $problem_count = scalar @{$problems{$filename}{$message}};
1590 $total_known += $problem_count;
1591 next if $known_problems{$canonical}{$message} < 0;
1592 if ($problem_count > $known_problems{$canonical}{$message}) {
1594 # Here we are about to output all the messages for this type,
1595 # subtract back this number we previously added in.
1596 $total_known -= $problem_count;
1598 $diagnostic .= $indent . $message;
1599 if ($problem_count > 2) {
1600 $diagnostic .= " ($problem_count occurrences)";
1602 foreach my $problem (@{$problems{$filename}{$message}}) {
1603 $diagnostic .= " " if $problem_count == 1;
1604 $diagnostic .= "\n$indent$indent";
1605 $diagnostic .= "$problem->{parameter}" if $problem->{parameter};
1606 $diagnostic .= " near line $problem->{-line}";
1607 $diagnostic .= " $problem->{comment}" if $problem->{comment};
1609 $diagnostic .= "\n";
1610 $files_with_unknown_issues{$filename} = 1;
1611 } elsif ($problem_count < $known_problems{$canonical}{$message}) {
1612 $diagnostic = output_thanks($filename, $known_problems{$canonical}{$message}, $problem_count, $message);
1614 push @diagnostics, $diagnostic if $diagnostic;
1617 # The above loop has output messages where there are current potential
1618 # issues. But it misses where there were some that have been entirely
1619 # fixed. For those, we need to look through the old issues
1620 foreach my $message ( sort keys %{$known_problems{$canonical}}) {
1621 next if $problems{$filename}{$message};
1622 next if ! $known_problems{$canonical}{$message};
1623 next if $known_problems{$canonical}{$message} < 0; # Preserve negs
1624 my $diagnostic = output_thanks($filename, $known_problems{$canonical}{$message}, 0, $message);
1625 push @diagnostics, $diagnostic if $diagnostic;
1628 my $output = "POD of $filename";
1629 $output .= ", excluding $total_known not shown known potential problems"
1631 ok(@diagnostics == 0, $output);
1633 note(join "", @diagnostics,
1634 "See end of this test output for your options on silencing this");
1640 run this test script by hand, using the following formula (on
1641 Un*x-like machines):
1643 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --regen
1646 if (%files_with_unknown_issues) {
1647 my $were_count_files = scalar keys %files_with_unknown_issues;
1648 $were_count_files = ($were_count_files == 1)
1649 ? "was $were_count_files file"
1650 : "were $were_count_files files";
1651 my $message = <<EOF;
1653 HOW TO GET THIS .t TO PASS
1655 There $were_count_files that had new potential problems identified.
1656 Some of them may be real, and some of them may be false positives, because
1657 this program isn't as smart as it likes to think it is. You can teach this
1658 program to ignore the issues it has identified, and hence pass, by doing the
1661 1) If a problem is about a link to an unknown module or man page that
1662 you know exists, re-run the command something like:
1663 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --add_link MODULE man_page ...
1664 (MODULEs should look like Foo::Bar, and man_pages should look like
1665 bar(3c); don't do this for a module or man page that you aren't sure
1666 about; instead treat as another type of issue and follow the
1667 instructions below.)
1669 2) For other issues, decide if each should be fixed now or not. Fix the
1670 ones you decided to, and rerun this test to verify that the fixes
1673 3) If there remain false positive or problems that you don't plan to fix right
1676 That should cause all current potential problems to be accepted by
1677 the program, so that the next time it runs, they won't be flagged.
1679 if (%files_with_fixes) {
1680 $message .= " This step will also take care of the files that have fixes in them\n";
1684 For a few files, such as perltoc, certain issues will always be
1685 expected, and more of the same will be added over time. For those,
1686 before you do the regen, you can edit
1688 and find the entry for the module's file and specific error message,
1689 and change the count of known potential problems to -1.
1693 } elsif (%files_with_fixes) {
1695 To teach this test script that the potential problems have been fixed,
1702 chdir $original_dir || die "Can't change directories to $original_dir";
1703 close_and_rename($copy_fh);