5 unshift @INC, "../lib";
10 use feature 'unicode_strings';
21 require '../regen/regen_lib.pl';
30 podcheck.t - Look for possible problems in the Perl pods
35 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t [--show_all] [--cpan] [--deltas]
36 [--counts] [--pedantic] [FILE ...]
38 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --add_link MODULE ...
40 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --regen
44 podcheck.t is an extension of Pod::Checker. It looks for pod errors and
45 potential errors in the files given as arguments, or if none specified, in all
46 pods in the distribution workspace, except certain known special ones
47 (specified below). It does additional checking beyond that done by
48 Pod::Checker, and keeps a database of known potential problems, and will
49 fail a pod only if the number of such problems differs from that given in the
50 database. It also suppresses the C<(section) deprecated> message from
51 Pod::Checker, since specifying the man page section number is quite proper to do.
53 The additional checks it always makes are:
57 =item Cross-pod link checking
59 Pod::Checker verifies that links to an internal target in a pod are not
60 broken. podcheck.t extends that (when called without FILE arguments) to
61 external links. It does this by gathering up all the possible targets in the
62 workspace, and cross-checking them. It also checks that a non-broken link
63 points to just one target. (The destination pod could have two targets with
66 The way that the C<LE<lt>E<gt>> pod command works (for links outside the pod)
67 is to actually create a link to C<search.cpan.org> with an embedded query for
68 the desired pod or man page. That means that links outside the distribution
69 are valid. podcheck.t doesn't verify the validity of such links, but instead
70 keeps a database of those known to be valid. This means that if a link to a
71 target not on the list is created, the target needs to be added to the data
72 base. This is accomplished via the L<--add_link|/--add_link MODULE ...>
73 option to podcheck.t, described below.
75 =item An internal link that isn't so specified
77 If a link is broken, but there is an existing internal target of the same
78 name, it is likely that the internal target was meant, and the C<"/"> is
79 missing from the C<LE<lt>E<gt>> pod command.
81 =item Missing or duplicate NAME or missing NAME short description
83 A pod can't be linked to unless it has a unique name.
84 And a NAME should have a dash and short description after it.
86 =item =encoding statement issues
88 This indicates if an C<=encoding> statement should be present, or moved to the
93 If the C<PERL_POD_PEDANTIC> environment variable is set or the C<--pedantic>
94 command line argument is provided then a few more checks are made.
95 The pedantic checks are:
99 =item Verbatim paragraphs that wrap in an 80 (including 1 spare) column window
101 It's annoying to have lines wrap when displaying pod documentation in a
102 terminal window. This checks that all verbatim lines fit in a standard 80
103 column window, even when using a pager that reserves a column for its own use.
104 (Thus the check is for a net of 79 columns.)
105 For those lines that don't fit, it tells you how much needs to be cut in
108 Often, the easiest thing to do to gain space for these is to lower the indent
111 =item Items that perhaps should be links
113 There are mentions of apparent files in the pods that perhaps should be links
114 instead, using C<LE<lt>...E<gt>>
116 =item Items that perhaps should be C<FE<lt>...E<gt>>
118 What look like path names enclosed in C<CE<lt>...E<gt>> should perhaps have
119 C<FE<lt>...E<gt>> mark-up instead.
123 A number of issues raised by podcheck.t and by the base Pod::Checker are not
124 really problems, but merely potential problems, that is, false positives.
125 After inspecting them and
126 deciding that they aren't real problems, it is possible to shut up this program
127 about them, unlike base Pod::Checker. For a valid link to an outside module
128 or man page, call podcheck.t with the C<--add_link> option to add it to the
129 the database of known links; for other causes, call podcheck.t with the C<--regen>
130 option to regenerate the entire database. This tells it that all existing
131 issues are to not be mentioned again.
133 C<--regen> isn't fool-proof. The database merely keeps track of the number of these
134 potential problems of each type for each pod. If a new problem of a given
135 type is introduced into the pod, podcheck.t will spit out all of them. You
136 then have to figure out which is the new one, and should it be changed or not.
137 But doing it this way insulates the database from having to keep track of line
138 numbers of problems, which may change, or the exact wording of each problem
139 which might also change without affecting whether it is a problem or not.
141 Also, if the count of potential problems of a given type for a pod decreases,
142 the database must be regenerated so that it knows the new number. The program
143 gives instructions when this happens.
145 Some pods will have varying numbers of problems of a given type. This can
146 be handled by manually editing the database file (see L</FILES>), and setting
147 the number of those problems for that pod to a negative number. This will
148 cause the corresponding error to always be suppressed no matter how many there
151 Another problem is that there is currently no check that modules listed as
152 valid in the database
153 actually are. Thus any errors introduced there will remain there.
155 =head2 Specially handled pods
161 This pod is generated by pasting bits from other pods. Errors in those bits
162 will show up as errors here, as well as for those other pods. Therefore
163 errors here are suppressed, and the pod is checked only to verify that nodes
164 within it actually exist that are externally linked to.
168 The current perldelta pod is initialized from a template that contains
169 placeholder text. Some of this text is in the form of links that don't really
170 exist. Any such links that are listed in C<@perldelta_ignore_links> will not
171 generate messages. It is presumed that these links will be cleaned up when
172 the perldelta is cleaned up for release since they should be marked with
175 =item Porting/perldelta_template.pod
177 This is not a pod, but a template for C<perldelta>. Any errors introduced
178 here will show up when C<perldelta> is created from it.
180 =item cpan-upstream pods
182 See the L</--cpan> option documentation
186 See the L</--deltas> option documentation
194 =item --add_link MODULE ...
196 Use this option to teach podcheck.t that the C<MODULE>s or man pages actually
197 exist, and to silence any messages that links to them are broken.
199 podcheck.t checks that links within the Perl core distribution are valid, but
200 it doesn't check links to man pages or external modules. When it finds
201 a broken link, it checks its database of external modules and man pages,
202 and only if not found there does it raise a message. This option just adds
203 the list of modules and man page references that follow it on the command line
209 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --add_link Unicode::Casing
211 causes the external module "Unicode::Casing" to be added to the database, so
212 C<LE<lt>Unicode::CasingE<gt>> will be considered valid.
216 Regenerate the database used by podcheck.t to include all the existing
217 potential problems. Future runs of the program will not then flag any of
218 these. Setting this option also sets C<--pedantic>.
222 Normally, all pods in the cpan directory are skipped, except to make sure that
223 any blead-upstream links to such pods are valid.
224 This option will cause cpan upstream pods to be fully checked.
228 Normally, all old perldelta pods are skipped, except to make sure that
229 any links to such pods are valid. This is because they are considered
230 stable, and perhaps trying to fix them will cause changes that will
231 misrepresent Perl's history. But, this option will cause them to be fully
236 Normally, if the number of potential problems of a given type found for a
237 pod matches the expected value in the database, they will not be displayed.
238 This option forces the database to be ignored during the run, so all potential
239 problems are displayed and will fail their respective pod test. Specifying
240 any particular FILES to operate on automatically selects this option.
244 Instead of testing, this just dumps the counts of the occurrences of the
245 various types of potential problems in the database.
249 There are three potential problems that are not checked for by default.
250 This options enables them. The environment variable C<PERL_POD_PEDANTIC>
251 can be set to 1 to enable this option also.
252 This option is set when C<--regen> is used.
258 The database is stored in F<t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat>
266 # VMS builds have a '.com' appended to utility and script names, and it adds a
267 # trailing dot for any other file name that doesn't have a dot in it. The db
268 # is stored without those things. This regex allows for these special file
269 # names to be dealt with. It needs to be interpolated into a larger regex
270 # that furnishes the closing boundary.
271 my $vms_re = qr/ \. (?: com )? /x;
273 # Some filenames in the MANIFEST match $vms_re, and so must not be handled the
274 # same way that that the special vms ones are. This hash lists those.
275 my %special_vms_files;
277 # This is to get this to work across multiple file systems, including those
278 # that are not case sensitive. The db is stored in lower case, Un*x style,
279 # and all file name comparisons are done that way.
280 sub canonicalize($) {
282 my ($volume, $directories, $file)
283 = File::Spec->splitpath(File::Spec->canonpath($input));
284 # Assumes $volume is constant for everything in this directory structure
285 $directories = "" if ! $directories;
286 $file = "" if ! $file;
287 $file = lc join '/', File::Spec->splitdir($directories), $file;
288 $file =~ s! / /+ !/!gx; # Multiple slashes => single slash
290 # The db is stored without the special suffixes that are there in VMS, so
291 # strip them off to get the comparable name. But some files on all
292 # platforms have these suffixes, so this shouldn't happen for them, as any
293 # of their db entries will have the suffixes in them. The hash has been
294 # populated with these files.
296 && $file =~ / ( $vms_re ) $ /x
297 && ! exists $special_vms_files{$file})
299 $file =~ s/ $1 $ //x;
304 #####################################################
305 # HOW IT WORKS (in general)
307 # If not called with specific files to check, the directory structure is
308 # examined for files that have pods in them. Files that might not have to be
309 # fully parsed (e.g. in cpan) are parsed enough at this time to find their
310 # pod's NAME, and to get a checksum.
312 # Those kinds of files are sorted last, but otherwise the pods are parsed with
313 # the package coded here, My::Pod::Checker, which is an extension to
314 # Pod::Checker that adds some tests and suppresses others that aren't
315 # appropriate. The latter module has no provision for capturing diagnostics,
316 # so a package, Tie_Array_to_FH, is used to force them to be placed into an
317 # array instead of printed.
319 # Parsing the files builds up a list of links. The files are gone through
320 # again, doing cross-link checking and outputting all saved-up problems with
323 # Sorting the files last that potentially don't need to be fully parsed allows
324 # us to not parse them unless there is a link to an internal anchor in them
325 # from something that we have already parsed. Keeping checksums allows us to
326 # not parse copies of other pods.
328 #####################################################
330 # 1 => Exclude low priority messages that aren't likely to be problems, and
331 # has many false positives; higher numbers give more messages.
332 my $Warnings_Level = 200;
334 # perldelta during construction may have place holder links. N.B. This
335 # variable is referred to by name in release_managers_guide.pod
336 our @perldelta_ignore_links = ( "XXX", "perl5YYYdelta", "perldiag/message" );
338 # To see if two pods with the same NAME are actually copies of the same pod,
339 # which is not an error, it uses a checksum to save work.
340 my $digest_type = "SHA-1";
342 my $original_dir = File::Spec->rel2abs(File::Spec->curdir);
343 my $data_dir = File::Spec->catdir($original_dir, 'porting');
344 my $known_issues = File::Spec->catfile($data_dir, 'known_pod_issues.dat');
345 my $MANIFEST = File::Spec->catfile(File::Spec->updir($original_dir), 'MANIFEST');
348 my $MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 79; # 79 columns
349 my $INDENT = 7; # default nroff indent
351 # Our warning messages. Better not have [('"] in them, as those are used as
352 # delimiters for variable parts of the messages by poderror.
353 my $broken_link = "Apparent broken link";
354 my $broken_internal_link = "Apparent internal link is missing its forward slash";
355 my $multiple_targets = "There is more than one target";
356 my $duplicate_name = "Pod NAME already used";
357 my $need_encoding = "Should have =encoding statement because have non-ASCII";
358 my $encoding_first = "=encoding must be first command (if present)";
359 my $no_name = "There is no NAME";
360 my $missing_name_description = "The NAME should have a dash and short description after it";
361 # the pedantic warnings messages
362 my $line_length = "Verbatim line length including indents exceeds $MAX_LINE_LENGTH by";
363 my $C_not_linked = "? Should you be using L<...> instead of";
364 my $C_with_slash = "? Should you be using F<...> or maybe L<...> instead of";
366 # objects, tests, etc can't be pods, so don't look for them. Also skip
367 # files output by the patch program. Could also ignore most of .gitignore
368 # files, but not all, so don't.
370 my $obj_ext = $Config{'obj_ext'}; $obj_ext =~ tr/.//d; # dot will be added back
371 my $lib_ext = $Config{'lib_ext'}; $lib_ext =~ tr/.//d;
372 my $lib_so = $Config{'so'}; $lib_so =~ tr/.//d;
373 my $dl_ext = $Config{'dlext'}; $dl_ext =~ tr/.//d;
375 # Not really pods, but can look like them.
376 my %excluded_files = (
377 canonicalize("lib/unicore/mktables") => 1,
378 canonicalize("Porting/make-rmg-checklist") => 1,
379 canonicalize("Porting/perldelta_template.pod") => 1,
380 canonicalize("regen/feature.pl") => 1,
381 canonicalize("autodoc.pl") => 1,
382 canonicalize("configpm") => 1,
383 canonicalize("miniperl") => 1,
384 canonicalize("perl") => 1,
385 canonicalize('cpan/Pod-Perldoc/corpus/no-head.pod') => 1,
386 canonicalize('cpan/Pod-Perldoc/corpus/perlfunc.pod') => 1,
387 canonicalize('cpan/Pod-Perldoc/corpus/utf8.pod') => 1,
388 canonicalize("lib/unicore/mktables") => 1,
391 # This list should not include anything for which case sensitivity is
392 # important, as it won't work on VMS, and won't show up until tested on VMS.
393 # All or almost all such files should be listed in the MANIFEST, so that can
394 # be examined for them, and each such file explicitly excluded, as is done for
395 # .PL files in the loop just below this. For files not catchable this way,
396 # is_pod_file() can be used to exclude these at a finer grained level.
397 my $non_pods = qr/ (?: \.
398 (?: [achot] | zip | gz | bz2 | jar | tar | tgz
399 | orig | rej | patch # Patch program output
400 | sw[op] | \#.* # Editor droppings
401 | old # buildtoc output
402 | xs # pod should be in the .pm file
403 | al # autosplit files
404 | bs # bootstrap files
405 | (?i:sh) # shell scripts, hints, templates
406 | lst # assorted listing files
407 | bat # Windows,Netware,OS2 batch files
408 | cmd # Windows,Netware,OS2 command files
409 | lis # VMS compiler listings
410 | map # VMS linker maps
411 | opt # VMS linker options files
412 | mms # MM(K|S) description files
413 | ts # timestamp files generated during build
414 | $obj_ext # object files
415 | exe # $Config{'exe_ext'} might be empty string
416 | $lib_ext # object libraries
417 | $lib_so # shared libraries
418 | $dl_ext # dynamic libraries
419 | gif # GIF images (example files from CGI.pm)
420 | eg # examples from libnet
423 ) | ~$ | \ \(Autosaved\)\.txt$ # Other editor droppings
424 | ^cxx\$demangler_db\.$ # VMS name mangler database
425 | ^typemap\.?$ # typemap files
426 | ^(?i:Makefile\.PL)$
429 # '.PL' files should be excluded, as they aren't final pods, but often contain
430 # material used in generating pods, and so can look like a pod. We can't use
431 # the regexp above because case sensisitivity is important for these, as some
432 # '.pl' files should be examined for pods. Instead look through the MANIFEST
433 # for .PL files and get their full path names, so we can exclude each such
434 # file explicitly. This works because other porting tests prohibit having two
435 # files with the same names except for case.
436 open my $manifest_fh, '<:bytes', $MANIFEST or die "Can't open $MANIFEST";
437 while (<$manifest_fh>) {
439 # While we have MANIFEST open, on VMS platforms, look for files that match
440 # the magic VMS file names that have to be handled specially. Add these
441 # to the list of them.
442 if ($^O eq 'VMS' && / ^ ( [^\t]* $vms_re ) \t /x) {
443 $special_vms_files{$1} = 1;
445 if (/ ^ ( [^\t]* \. PL ) \t /x) {
446 $excluded_files{canonicalize($1)} = 1;
449 close $manifest_fh, or die "Can't close $MANIFEST";
452 # Pod::Checker messages to suppress
453 my @suppressed_messages = (
454 "(section) in", # Checker is wrong to flag this
455 "multiple occurrence of link target", # We catch independently the ones
456 # that are real problems.
458 "Entity number out of range", # Checker outputs this for anything above
459 # 255, but in fact all Unicode is valid
460 "No items in =over", # ie a blockquote
464 # Returns bool as to if input message is one that is to be suppressed
467 return grep { $message =~ /^\Q$_/i } @suppressed_messages;
470 { # Closure to contain a simple subset of test.pl. This is to get rid of the
471 # unnecessary 'failed at' messages that would otherwise be output pointing
472 # to a particular line in this file.
474 my $current_test = 0;
479 $planned = $plan{tests} + 1; # +1 for final test that files haven't
481 print "1..$planned\n";
492 print "not " unless $success;
493 print "ok $current_test - $message\n";
499 my $n = @_ ? shift : 1;
502 print "ok $current_test # skip $why\n";
504 no warnings 'exiting';
513 print $message =~ s/^/# /mgr;
519 if ($planned && $planned != $current_test) {
521 "# Looks like you planned $planned tests but ran $current_test.\n";
526 # List of known potential problems by pod and type.
529 # Pods given by the keys contain an interior node that is referred to from
531 my %has_referred_to_node;
539 my $do_upstream_cpan = 0; # Assume that are to skip anything in /cpan
540 my $do_deltas = 0; # And stable perldeltas
542 while (@ARGV && substr($ARGV[0], 0, 1) eq '-') {
543 my $arg = shift @ARGV;
545 $arg =~ s/^--/-/; # Treat '--' the same as a single '-'
546 if ($arg eq '-regen') {
550 elsif ($arg eq '-add_link') {
553 elsif ($arg eq '-cpan') {
554 $do_upstream_cpan = 1;
556 elsif ($arg eq '-deltas') {
559 elsif ($arg eq '-show_all') {
562 elsif ($arg eq '-counts') {
565 elsif ($arg eq '-pedantic') {
570 Unknown option '$arg'
572 Usage: $0 [ --regen | --cpan | --show_all | FILE ... | --add_link MODULE ... ]\n"
573 --add_link -> Add the MODULE and man page references to the database
574 --regen -> Regenerate the data file for $0
575 --cpan -> Include files in the cpan subdirectory.
576 --deltas -> Include stable perldeltas
577 --show_all -> Show all known potential problems
578 --counts -> Don't test, but give summary counts of the currently
580 --pedantic -> Check for overly long lines in verbatim blocks
585 $pedantic = 1 if exists $ENV{PERL_POD_PEDANTIC} and $ENV{PERL_POD_PEDANTIC};
588 my $cpan_or_deltas = $do_upstream_cpan || $do_deltas;
589 if (($regen + $show_all + $show_counts + $add_link + $cpan_or_deltas ) > 1) {
590 croak "--regen, --show_all, --counts, and --add_link are mutually exclusive\n and none can be run with --cpan nor --deltas";
593 my $has_input_files = @files;
597 if (! $has_input_files) {
598 croak "--add_link requires at least one module or man page reference";
601 elsif ($has_input_files) {
602 if ($regen || $show_counts || $do_upstream_cpan || $do_deltas) {
603 croak "--regen, --counts, --deltas, and --cpan can't be used since using specific files";
605 foreach my $file (@files) {
606 croak "Can't read file '$file'" if ! -r $file;
610 our %problems; # potential problems found in this run
612 package My::Pod::Checker { # Extend Pod::Checker
613 use parent 'Pod::Checker';
615 # Uses inside out hash to protect from typos
616 # For new fields, remember to add to destructor DESTROY()
617 my %indents; # Stack of indents from =over's in effect for
619 my %current_indent; # Current line's indent
620 my %filename; # The pod is store in this file
621 my %skip; # is SKIP set for this pod
622 my %in_NAME; # true if within NAME section
623 my %in_begin; # true if within =begin section
624 my %linkable_item; # Bool: if the latest =item is linkable. It isn't
625 # for bullet and number lists
626 my %linkable_nodes; # Pod::Checker adds all =items to its node list,
627 # but not all =items are linkable to
628 my %seen_encoding_cmd; # true if have =encoding earlier
629 my %command_count; # Number of commands seen
630 my %seen_pod_cmd; # true if have =pod earlier
631 my %warned_encoding; # true if already have warned about =encoding
635 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0];
636 delete $command_count{$addr};
637 delete $current_indent{$addr};
638 delete $filename{$addr};
639 delete $in_begin{$addr};
640 delete $indents{$addr};
641 delete $in_NAME{$addr};
642 delete $linkable_item{$addr};
643 delete $linkable_nodes{$addr};
644 delete $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr};
645 delete $seen_pod_cmd{$addr};
647 delete $warned_encoding{$addr};
653 my $filename = shift;
655 my $self = $class->SUPER::new(-quiet => 1,
656 -warnings => $Warnings_Level);
657 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
658 $command_count{$addr} = 0;
659 $current_indent{$addr} = 0;
660 $filename{$addr} = $filename;
661 $in_begin{$addr} = 0;
663 $linkable_item{$addr} = 0;
664 $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr} = 0;
665 $seen_pod_cmd{$addr} = 0;
666 $warned_encoding{$addr} = 0;
670 # re's for messages that Pod::Checker outputs
671 my $location = qr/ \b (?:in|at|on|near) \s+ /xi;
672 my $optional_location = qr/ (?: $location )? /xi;
673 my $line_reference = qr/ [('"]? $optional_location \b line \s+
674 (?: \d+ | EOF | \Q???\E | - )
677 sub poderror { # Called to register a potential problem
679 # This adds an extra field to the parent hash, 'parameter'. It is
680 # used to extract the variable parts of a message leaving just the
681 # constant skeleton. This in turn allows the message to be
682 # categorized better, so that it shows up as a single type in our
683 # database, with the specifics of each occurrence not being stored with
689 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
690 return if $skip{$addr};
692 # Input can be a string or hash. If a string, parse it to separate
693 # out the line number and convert to a hash for easier further
696 if (ref $opts ne 'HASH') {
697 $message = join "", $opts, @_;
699 if ($message =~ s/\s*($line_reference)//) {
700 ($line_number = $1) =~ s/\s*$optional_location//;
703 $line_number = '???';
705 $opts = { -msg => $message, -line => $line_number };
707 $message = $opts->{'-msg'};
711 $message =~ s/^\d+\s+//;
712 return if main::suppressed($message);
714 $self->SUPER::poderror($opts, @_);
716 $opts->{parameter} = "" unless $opts->{parameter};
718 # The variable parts of the message tend to be enclosed in '...',
719 # "....", or (...). Extract them and put them in an extra field,
720 # 'parameter'. This is trickier because the matching delimiter to a
721 # '(' is its mirror, and not itself. Text::Balanced could be used
723 while ($message =~ m/ \s* $optional_location ( [('"] )/xg) {
726 $delimiter = ')' if $delimiter eq '(';
728 # If there is no ending delimiter, don't consider it to be a
729 # variable part. Most likely it is a contraction like "Don't"
730 last unless $message =~ m/\G .+? \Q$delimiter/xg;
732 my $length = $+[0] - $start;
734 # Get the part up through the closing delimiter
735 my $special = substr($message, $start, $length);
736 $special =~ s/^\s+//; # No leading whitespace
738 # And add that variable part to the parameter, while removing it
739 # from the message. This isn't a foolproof way of finding the
740 # variable part. For example '(s)' can occur in e.g.,
742 if ($special ne '(s)') {
743 substr($message, $start, $length) = "";
744 pos $message = $start;
745 $opts->{-msg} = $message;
746 $opts->{parameter} .= " " if $opts->{parameter};
747 $opts->{parameter} .= $special;
751 # Extract any additional line number given. This is often the
752 # beginning location of something whereas the main line number gives
754 if ($message =~ /( $line_reference )/xi) {
756 while ($message =~ s/\s*\Q$line_ref//) {
757 $opts->{-msg} = $message;
758 $opts->{parameter} .= " " if $opts->{parameter};
759 $opts->{parameter} .= $line_ref;
763 Carp::carp("Couldn't extract line number from '$message'") if $message =~ /line \d+/;
764 push @{$problems{$filename{$addr}}{$message}}, $opts;
765 #push @{$problems{$self->get_filename}{$message}}, $opts;
768 sub check_encoding { # Does it need an =encoding statement?
769 my ($self, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para) = @_;
771 # Do nothing if there is an =encoding in the file, or if the line
772 # doesn't require an =encoding, or have already warned.
773 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
774 return if $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr}
775 || $warned_encoding{$addr}
776 || $paragraph !~ /\P{ASCII}/;
778 $warned_encoding{$addr} = 1;
779 my ($file, $line) = $pod_para->file_line;
780 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
781 -msg => $need_encoding
787 my ($self, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para) = @_;
788 $self->check_encoding($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
790 $self->SUPER::verbatim($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
792 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
794 # Pick up the name, since the parent class doesn't in verbatim
795 # NAMEs; so treat as non-verbatim. The parent class only allows one
796 # paragraph in a NAME section, so if there is an extra blank line, it
797 # will trigger a message, but such a blank line is harmless, so skip
799 if ($in_NAME{$addr} && $paragraph =~ /\S/) {
800 $self->textblock($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
803 my @lines = split /^/, $paragraph;
804 for my $i (0 .. @lines - 1) {
805 if ( my $encoding = $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr} ) {
807 $lines[$i] = Encode::decode($encoding, $lines[$i]);
809 $lines[$i] =~ s/\s+$//;
810 my $indent = $self->get_current_indent;
812 if ($pedantic) { # TODO: this check should be moved higher
813 # to avoid more unnecessary work
814 my $exceeds = length(Text::Tabs::expand($lines[$i]))
815 + $indent - $MAX_LINE_LENGTH;
816 next unless $exceeds > 0;
817 my ($file, $line) = $pod_para->file_line;
818 $self->poderror({ -line => $line + $i, -file => $file,
819 -msg => $line_length,
820 parameter => "+$exceeds (including " . ($indent - $INDENT) . " from =over's)",
827 my ($self, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para) = @_;
828 $self->check_encoding($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
830 $self->SUPER::textblock($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
832 my ($file, $line) = $pod_para->file_line;
833 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
834 if ($in_NAME{$addr}) {
836 my $text = $self->interpolate($paragraph, $line_num);
837 if ($text =~ /^\s*(\S+?)\s*$/) {
839 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
840 -msg => $missing_name_description,
845 $paragraph = join " ", split /^/, $paragraph;
847 # Matches something that looks like a file name, but is enclosed in
849 my $C_path_re = qr{ \b ( C<
850 # exclude various things that have slashes
851 # in them but aren't paths
853 (?: (?: s | qr | m) / ) # regexes
854 | \d+/\d+> # probable fractions
859 | - # File names don't begin with "-"
861 [-\w]+ (?: / [-\w]+ )+ (?: \. \w+ )? > )
864 # If looks like a reference to other documentation by containing the
865 # word 'See' and then a likely pod directive, warn.
866 while ($paragraph =~ m{
867 ( (?: \w+ \s+ )* ) # The phrase before, if any
871 ( [^<]*? ) # The not < excludes nested C<L<...
874 ( \s+ (?: under | in ) \s+ L< )?
876 my $prefix = $1 // "";
877 my $construct = $2; # The whole thing, like C<...>
880 my $trailing = $5; # After the whole thing ending in "L<"
882 # If the full phrase is something like, "you might see C<", or
883 # similar, it really isn't a reference to a link. The ones I saw
884 # all had the word "you" in them; and the "you" wasn't the
885 # beginning of a sentence.
886 if ($prefix !~ / \b you \b /x) {
888 # Now, find what the module or man page name within the
889 # construct would be if it actually has L<> syntax. If it
890 # doesn't have that syntax, will set the module to the entire
893 (?: [^|]+ \| )? # Optional arbitrary text ending
895 ( .+? ) # module, etc. name
896 (?: \/ .+ )? # target within module
900 if (! defined $trailing # not referring to something in another
902 && $interior !~ /$non_pods/
904 # C<> that look like files have their own message below, so
906 && $construct !~ /$C_path_re/g
908 # There can't be spaces (I think) in module names or man
910 && $module !~ / \s /x
912 # F<> that end in eg \.pl are almost certainly ok, as are
913 # those that look like a path with multiple "/" chars
916 && $interior !~ /\.\w+$/
917 && $interior !~ /\/.+\//)
920 # TODO: move the checking of $pedantic higher up
921 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
922 -msg => $C_not_linked,
923 parameter => $construct
928 while ($paragraph =~ m/$C_path_re/g) {
930 # TODO: move the checking of $pedantic higher up
931 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
932 -msg => $C_with_slash,
933 parameter => $construct
940 my ($self, $cmd, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para) = @_;
941 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
943 $seen_pod_cmd{$addr}++;
945 elsif ($cmd eq "encoding") {
946 my ($file, $line) = $pod_para->file_line;
947 $seen_encoding_cmd{$addr} = $paragraph; # for later decoding
948 if ($command_count{$addr} != 1 && $seen_pod_cmd{$addr}) {
949 $self->poderror({ -line => $line, -file => $file,
950 -msg => $encoding_first
954 $self->check_encoding($paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
956 # Pod::Check treats all =items as linkable, but the bullet and
957 # numbered lists really aren't. So keep our own list. This has to be
958 # processed before SUPER is called so that the list is started before
959 # the rest of it gets parsed.
960 if ($cmd eq 'item') { # Not linkable if item begins with * or a digit
961 $linkable_item{$addr} = ($paragraph !~ / ^ \s*
963 | \d+ \.? (?: \$ | \s+ )
969 $self->SUPER::command($cmd, $paragraph, $line_num, $pod_para);
971 $command_count{$addr}++;
973 $in_NAME{$addr} = 0; # Will change to 1 below if necessary
974 $in_begin{$addr} = 0; # ibid
975 if ($cmd eq 'over') {
976 my $text = $self->interpolate($paragraph, $line_num);
977 my $indent = 4; # default
978 $indent = $1 if $text && $text =~ /^\s*(\d+)\s*$/;
979 push @{$indents{$addr}}, $indent;
980 $current_indent{$addr} += $indent;
982 elsif ($cmd eq 'back') {
983 if (@{$indents{$addr}}) {
984 $current_indent{$addr} -= pop @{$indents{$addr}};
987 # =back without corresponding =over, but should have
989 $current_indent{$addr} = 0;
992 elsif ($cmd =~ /^head/) {
993 if (! $in_begin{$addr}) {
995 # If a particular formatter, then this command doesn't really
997 $current_indent{$addr} = 0;
998 undef @{$indents{$addr}};
1001 my $text = $self->interpolate($paragraph, $line_num);
1002 $in_NAME{$addr} = 1 if $cmd eq 'head1'
1003 && $text && $text =~ /^NAME\b/;
1005 elsif ($cmd eq 'begin') {
1006 $in_begin{$addr} = 1;
1016 if ($_[0] && ($page = $_[0][1]{'-page'})) {
1017 my $node = $_[0][1]{'-node'};
1019 # If the hyperlink is to an interior node of another page, save it
1020 # so that we can see if we need to parse normally skipped files.
1021 $has_referred_to_node{$page} = 1 if $node;
1023 # Ignore certain placeholder links in perldelta. Check if the
1024 # link is page-level, and also check if to a node within the page
1025 if ($self->name && $self->name eq "perldelta"
1026 && ((grep { $page eq $_ } @perldelta_ignore_links)
1028 && (grep { "$page/$node" eq $_ } @perldelta_ignore_links)
1033 return $self->SUPER::hyperlink($_[0]);
1040 $text =~ s/\s+$//s; # strip trailing whitespace
1041 $text =~ s/\s+/ /gs; # collapse whitespace
1042 my $addr = Scalar::Util::refaddr $self;
1043 push(@{$linkable_nodes{$addr}}, $text) if
1044 ! $current_indent{$addr}
1045 || $linkable_item{$addr};
1047 return $self->SUPER::node($_[0]);
1050 sub get_current_indent {
1051 return $INDENT + $current_indent{Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0]};
1055 return $filename{Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0]};
1058 sub linkable_nodes {
1059 my $linkables = $linkable_nodes{Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0]};
1060 return undef unless $linkables;
1065 return $skip{Scalar::Util::refaddr $_[0]} // 0;
1070 $skip{Scalar::Util::refaddr $self} = shift;
1072 # If skipping, no need to keep the problems for it
1073 delete $problems{$self->get_filename};
1077 sub parse_from_file {
1078 # This overrides the super class method so that if an open fails on a
1079 # transitory file, it doesn't croak. It returns 1 if it did find the
1080 # file, 0 if it didn't
1083 my $filename = shift;
1084 # ignores 2nd param, which is output file. Always uses undef
1086 if (open my $in_fh, '<:bytes', $filename) {
1087 $self->SUPER::parse_from_filehandle($in_fh, undef);
1092 # If couldn't open file, perhaps it was transitory, and hence not an error
1093 return 0 unless -e $filename;
1095 die "Can't open '$filename': $!\n";
1099 package Tie_Array_to_FH { # So printing actually goes to an array
1105 my $array_ref = shift;
1107 my $self = bless \do{ my $anonymous_scalar }, $class;
1108 $array{Scalar::Util::refaddr $self} = $array_ref;
1115 push @{$array{Scalar::Util::refaddr $self}}, @_;
1121 my %filename_to_checker; # Map a filename to it's pod checker object
1122 my %id_to_checker; # Map a checksum to it's pod checker object
1123 my %nodes; # key is filename, values are nodes in that file.
1124 my %nodes_first_word; # same, but value is first word of each node
1125 my %valid_modules; # List of modules known to exist outside us.
1126 my %digests; # checksums of files, whose names are the keys
1127 my %filename_to_pod; # Map a filename to its pod NAME
1128 my %files_with_unknown_issues;
1129 my %files_with_fixes;
1132 open $data_fh, '<:bytes', $known_issues or die "Can't open $known_issues";
1134 my %counts; # For --counts param, count of each issue type
1135 my %suppressed_files; # Files with at least one issue type to suppress
1137 # This file is the data file for $0.
1138 # There are three types of lines.
1139 # Comment lines are white-space only or begin with a '#', like this one. Any
1140 # changes you make to the comment lines will be lost when the file is
1142 # Lines without tab characters are simply NAMES of pods that the program knows
1143 # will have links to them and the program does not check if those links are
1145 # All other lines should have three fields, each separated by a tab. The
1146 # first field is the name of a pod; the second field is an error message
1147 # generated by this program; and the third field is a count of how many
1148 # known instances of that message there are in the pod. -1 means that the
1149 # program can expect any number of this type of message.
1152 my @existing_issues;
1155 while (<$data_fh>) { # Read the database
1157 next if /^\s*(?:#|$)/; # Skip comment and empty lines
1160 if ($add_link) { # The issues are saved and later output unchanged
1161 push @existing_issues, $_;
1165 # Keep track of counts of each issue type for each file
1166 my ($filename, $message, $count) = split /\t/;
1167 $known_problems{$filename}{$message} = $count;
1170 if ($count < 0) { # -1 means to suppress this issue type
1171 $suppressed_files{$filename} = $filename;
1174 $counts{$message} += $count;
1178 else { # Lines without a tab are modules known to be valid
1179 $valid_modules{$_} = 1
1185 $copy_fh = open_new($known_issues);
1187 # Check for basic sanity, and add each command line argument
1188 foreach my $module (@files) {
1189 die "\"$module\" does not look like a module or man page"
1190 # Must look like (A or A::B or A::B::C ..., or foo(3C)
1191 if $module !~ /^ (?: \w+ (?: :: \w+ )* | \w+ \( \d \w* \) ) $/x;
1192 $valid_modules{$module} = 1
1194 my_safer_print($copy_fh, $HEADER);
1195 foreach (sort { lc $a cmp lc $b } keys %valid_modules) {
1196 my_safer_print($copy_fh, $_, "\n");
1199 # The rest of the db file is output unchanged.
1200 my_safer_print($copy_fh, join "\n", @existing_issues, "");
1202 close_and_rename($copy_fh);
1208 foreach my $message (sort keys %counts) {
1209 $total += $counts{$message};
1210 note(Text::Tabs::expand("$counts{$message}\t$message"));
1212 note("-----\n" . Text::Tabs::expand("$total\tknown potential issues"));
1213 if (%suppressed_files) {
1214 note("\nFiles that have all messages of at least one type suppressed:");
1215 note(join ",", keys %suppressed_files);
1220 # re to match files that are to be parsed only if there is an internal link
1221 # to them. It does not include cpan, as whether those are parsed depends
1222 # on a switch. Currently, only perltoc and the stable perldelta.pod's
1223 # are included. The latter all have characters between 'perl' and
1224 # 'delta'. (Actually the currently developed one matches as well, but
1225 # is a duplicate of perldelta.pod, so can be skipped, so fine for it to
1227 my $only_for_interior_links_re = qr/ ^ pod\/perltoc.pod $
1229 unless ($do_deltas) {
1230 $only_for_interior_links_re = qr/$only_for_interior_links_re |
1231 \b perl \d+ delta \. pod \b
1238 sub output_thanks ($$$$) { # Called when an issue has been fixed
1239 my $filename = shift;
1240 my $original_count = shift;
1241 my $current_count = shift;
1242 my $message = shift;
1244 $files_with_fixes{$filename} = 1;
1246 my $fixed_count = $original_count - $current_count;
1247 my $a_problem = ($fixed_count == 1) ? "a problem" : "multiple problems";
1248 my $another_problem = ($fixed_count == 1) ? "another problem" : "another set of problems";
1252 There were $original_count occurrences (now $current_count) in this pod of type
1257 There are no longer any problems found in this pod!
1264 Thanks for fixing $a_problem!
1266 Now you must teach $0 that this was fixed.
1271 Thanks for fixing $another_problem.
1280 sub my_safer_print { # print, with error checking for outputting to db
1281 my ($fh, @lines) = @_;
1283 if (! print $fh @lines) {
1284 my $save_error = $!;
1286 die "Write failure: $save_error";
1290 sub extract_pod { # Extracts just the pod from a file; returns undef if file
1292 my $filename = shift;
1296 # Arrange for the output of Pod::Parser to be collected in an array we can
1297 # look at instead of being printed
1298 tie *ALREADY_FH, 'Tie_Array_to_FH', \@pod;
1299 if (open my $in_fh, '<:bytes', $filename) {
1300 my $parser = Pod::Parser->new();
1301 $parser->parse_from_filehandle($in_fh, *ALREADY_FH);
1304 return join "", @pod
1307 # The file should already have been opened once to get here, so if that
1308 # fails, something is wrong. It's possible that a transitory file
1309 # containing a pod would get here, so if the file no longer exists just
1311 return unless -e $filename;
1312 die "Can't open '$filename': $!\n";
1315 my $digest = Digest->new($digest_type);
1317 # This is used as a callback from File::Find::find(), which always constructs
1318 # pathnames using Unix separators
1320 # If $_ is a pod file, add it to the lists and do other prep work.
1323 # Don't look at files in directories that are for tests, nor those
1324 # beginning with a dot
1325 if (m!/t\z! || m!/\.!) {
1326 $File::Find::prune = 1;
1331 return unless -r && -s; # Can't check it if can't read it; no need to
1333 return unless -f || -l; # Weird file types won't be pods
1335 my ($leaf) = m!([^/]+)\z!;
1336 if (m!/\.! # No hidden Unix files
1337 || $leaf =~ $non_pods) {
1338 note("Not considering $_") if DEBUG;
1342 my $filename = $File::Find::name;
1344 # $filename is relative, like './path'. Strip that initial part away.
1345 $filename =~ s!^\./!! or die 'Unexpected pathname "$filename"';
1347 return if $excluded_files{canonicalize($filename)};
1352 if (! open $candidate, '<:bytes', $_) {
1354 # If a transitory file was found earlier, the open could fail
1355 # legitimately and we just skip the file; also skip it if it is a
1356 # broken symbolic link, as it is probably just a build problem;
1357 # certainly not a file that we would want to check the pod of.
1358 # Otherwise fail it here and no reason to process it further.
1359 # (But the test count will be off too)
1360 ok(0, "Can't open '$filename': $!")
1361 if -r $filename && ! -l $filename;
1367 # If the file is a .pm or .pod, having any initial '=' on a line is
1368 # grounds for testing it. Otherwise, require a head1 NAME line to
1369 # consider it as a potential pod
1370 if ($filename =~ /\.(?:pm|pod)/) {
1371 return unless $contents =~ /^=/m;
1373 return unless $contents =~ /^=head1 +NAME/m;
1376 # Here, we know that the file is a pod. Add it to the list of files
1377 # to check and create a checker object for it.
1379 push @files, $filename;
1380 my $checker = My::Pod::Checker->new($filename);
1381 $filename_to_checker{$filename} = $checker;
1383 # In order to detect duplicate pods and only analyze them once, we
1384 # compute checksums for the file, so don't have to do an exact
1385 # compare. Note that if the pod is just part of the file, the
1386 # checksums can differ for the same pod. That special case is handled
1387 # later, since if the checksums of the whole file are the same, that
1388 # case won't even come up. We don't need the checksums for files that
1389 # we parse only if there is a link to its interior, but we do need its
1390 # NAME, which is also retrieved in the code below.
1392 if ($filename =~ / (?: ^(cpan|lib|ext|dist)\/ )
1393 | $only_for_interior_links_re
1395 $digest->add($contents);
1396 $digests{$filename} = $digest->digest;
1398 # lib files aren't analyzed if they are duplicates of files copied
1399 # there from some other directory. But to determine this, we need
1400 # to know their NAMEs. We might as well find the NAME now while
1401 # the file is open. Similarly, cpan files aren't analyzed unless
1402 # we're analyzing all of them, or this particular file is linked
1403 # to by a file we are analyzing, and thus we will want to verify
1404 # that the target exists in it. We need to know at least the NAME
1405 # to see if it's worth analyzing, or so we can determine if a lib
1406 # file is a copy of a cpan one.
1407 if ($filename =~ m{ (?: ^ (?: cpan | lib ) / )
1408 | $only_for_interior_links_re
1410 if ($contents =~ /^=head1 +NAME.*/mg) {
1411 # The NAME is the first non-spaces on the line up to a
1412 # comma, dash or end of line. Otherwise, it's invalid and
1413 # this pod doesn't have a legal name that we're smart
1414 # enough to find currently. But the parser will later
1415 # find it if it thinks there is a legal name, and set the
1417 if ($contents =~ /\G # continue from the line after =head1
1418 \s* # ignore any empty lines
1419 ^ \s* ( \S+?) \s* (?: [,-] | $ )/mx) {
1421 $checker->name($name);
1422 $id_to_checker{$name} = $checker
1423 if $filename =~ m{^cpan/};
1426 elsif ($filename =~ m{^cpan/}) {
1427 $id_to_checker{$digests{$filename}} = $checker;
1433 } # End of is_pod_file()
1435 # Start of real code that isn't processing the command line (except the
1436 # db is read in above, as is processing of the --add_link option).
1437 # Here, @files contains list of files on the command line. If have any of
1438 # these, unconditionally test them, and show all the errors, even the known
1439 # ones, and, since not testing other pods, don't do cross-pod link tests.
1440 # (Could add extra code to do cross-pod tests for the ones in the list.)
1442 if ($has_input_files) {
1443 undef %known_problems;
1444 $do_upstream_cpan = $do_deltas = 1; # In case one of the inputs is one
1447 else { # No input files -- go find all the possibilities.
1449 $copy_fh = open_new($known_issues);
1450 note("Regenerating $known_issues, please be patient...");
1451 print $copy_fh $HEADER;
1454 # Move to the directory above us, but have to adjust @INC to account for
1456 s{^\.\./lib$}{lib} for @INC;
1457 chdir File::Spec->updir;
1459 # And look in this directory and all its subdirectories
1460 find( {wanted => \&is_pod_file, no_chdir => 1}, '.');
1462 # Add ourselves to the test
1463 push @files, "t/porting/podcheck.t";
1466 # Now we know how many tests there will be.
1467 plan (tests => scalar @files) if ! $regen;
1470 # Sort file names so we get consistent results, and to put cpan last,
1471 # preceeded by the ones that we don't generally parse. This is because both
1472 # these classes are generally parsed only if there is a link to the interior
1473 # of them, and we have to parse all others first to guarantee that they don't
1474 # have such a link. 'lib' files come just before these, as some of these are
1475 # duplicates of others. We already have figured this out when gathering the
1476 # data as a special case for all such files, but this, while unnecessary,
1477 # puts the derived file last in the output. 'readme' files come before those,
1478 # as those also could be duplicates of others, which are considered the
1479 # primary ones. These currently aren't figured out when gathering data, so
1481 @files = sort { if ($a =~ /^cpan/) {
1482 return 1 if $b !~ /^cpan/;
1483 return lc $a cmp lc $b;
1485 elsif ($b =~ /^cpan/) {
1488 elsif ($a =~ /$only_for_interior_links_re/) {
1489 return 1 if $b !~ /$only_for_interior_links_re/;
1490 return lc $a cmp lc $b;
1492 elsif ($b =~ /$only_for_interior_links_re/) {
1495 elsif ($a =~ /^lib/) {
1496 return 1 if $b !~ /^lib/;
1497 return lc $a cmp lc $b;
1499 elsif ($b =~ /^lib/) {
1501 } elsif ($a =~ /\breadme\b/i) {
1502 return 1 if $b !~ /\breadme\b/i;
1503 return lc $a cmp lc $b;
1505 elsif ($b =~ /\breadme\b/i) {
1509 return lc $a cmp lc $b;
1514 # Now go through all the files and parse them
1516 foreach my $filename (@files) {
1518 note("parsing $filename") if DEBUG;
1520 # We may have already figured out some things in the process of generating
1521 # the file list. If so, we have a $checker object already. But if not,
1523 my $checker = $filename_to_checker{$filename};
1525 $checker = My::Pod::Checker->new($filename);
1526 $filename_to_checker{$filename} = $checker;
1529 # We have set the name in the checker object if there is a possibility
1530 # that no further parsing is necessary, but otherwise do the parsing now.
1531 if (! $checker->name) {
1532 if (! $checker->parse_from_file($filename, undef)) {
1533 $checker->set_skip("$filename is transitory");
1540 if ($checker->num_errors() < 0) { # Returns negative if not a pod
1541 $checker->set_skip("$filename is not a pod");
1545 # Here, is a pod. See if it is one that has already been tested,
1546 # or should be tested under another directory. Use either its NAME
1547 # if it has one, or a checksum if not.
1548 my $name = $checker->name;
1555 my $digest = Digest->new($digest_type);
1556 my $contents = extract_pod($filename);
1558 # If the return is undef, it means that $filename was a transitory
1560 next FILE unless defined $contents;
1561 $digest->add($contents);
1562 $id = $digest->digest;
1565 # If there is a match for this pod with something that we've already
1566 # processed, don't process it, and output why.
1568 if (defined ($prior_checker = $id_to_checker{$id})
1569 && $prior_checker != $checker) # Could have defined the checker
1570 # earlier without pursuing it
1573 # If the pods are identical, then it's just a copy, and isn't an
1574 # error. First use the checksums we have already computed to see
1575 # if the entire files are identical, which means that the pods are
1577 my $prior_filename = $prior_checker->get_filename;
1579 || ($digests{$prior_filename}
1580 && $digests{$filename}
1581 && $digests{$prior_filename} eq $digests{$filename}));
1583 # If they differ, it could be that the files differ for some
1584 # reason, but the pods they contain are identical. Extract the
1585 # pods and do the comparisons on just those.
1586 if (! $same && $name) {
1587 my $contents = extract_pod($filename);
1589 # If return is <undef>, it means that $filename no longer
1590 # exists. This means it was a transitory file, and should not
1592 next FILE unless defined $contents;
1594 my $prior_contents = extract_pod($prior_filename);
1596 # If return is <undef>, it means that $prior_filename no
1597 # longer exists. This means it was a transitory file, and
1598 # should not have been tested, but we already did process it.
1599 # What we should do now is to back-out its records, and
1600 # process $filename in its stead. But backing out is not so
1601 # simple, and so I'm (khw) skipping that unless and until
1602 # experience shows that it is needed. We do go process
1603 # $filename, and there are potential false positive conflicts
1604 # with the transitory $prior_contents, and rerunning the test
1605 # should cause it to succeed.
1606 goto process_this_pod unless defined $prior_contents;
1608 $same = $prior_contents eq $contents;
1612 $checker->set_skip("The pod of $filename is a duplicate of "
1613 . "the pod for $prior_filename");
1614 } elsif ($prior_filename =~ /\breadme\b/i) {
1615 $checker->set_skip("$prior_filename is a README apparently for $filename");
1616 } elsif ($filename =~ /\breadme\b/i) {
1617 $checker->set_skip("$filename is a README apparently for $prior_filename");
1618 } elsif (! $do_upstream_cpan
1619 && $filename =~ /^cpan/
1620 && $prior_filename =~ /^cpan/)
1622 $checker->set_skip("CPAN is upstream for $filename");
1623 } elsif ( $filename =~ /^utils/ or $prior_filename =~ /^utils/ ) {
1624 $checker->set_skip("$filename copy is in utils/");
1625 } else { # Here have two pods with identical names that differ
1626 $prior_checker->poderror(
1627 { -msg => $duplicate_name,
1629 parameter => "'$filename' also has NAME '$name'"
1632 { -msg => $duplicate_name,
1634 parameter => "'$prior_filename' also has NAME '$name'"
1637 # Changing the names helps later.
1638 $prior_checker->name("$name version arbitrarily numbered 1");
1639 $checker->name("$name version arbitrarily numbered 2");
1642 # In any event, don't process this pod that has the same name as
1650 $id_to_checker{$id} = $checker;
1652 my $parsed_for_links = ", but parsed for its interior links";
1653 if ((! $do_upstream_cpan && $filename =~ /^cpan/)
1654 || $filename =~ $only_for_interior_links_re)
1656 if ($filename =~ /^cpan/) {
1657 $checker->set_skip("CPAN is upstream for $filename");
1659 elsif ($filename =~ /perl\d+delta/) {
1661 $checker->set_skip("$filename is a stable perldelta");
1664 elsif ($filename =~ /perltoc/) {
1665 $checker->set_skip("$filename dependent on component pods");
1668 croak("Unexpected file '$filename' encountered that has parsing for interior-linking only");
1671 if ($name && $has_referred_to_node{$name}) {
1672 $checker->set_skip($checker->get_skip() . $parsed_for_links);
1676 # Need a name in order to process it, because not meaningful
1677 # otherwise, and also can't test links to this without a name.
1678 if (!defined $name) {
1679 $checker->poderror( { -msg => $no_name,
1685 # For skipped files, just get its NAME
1687 if (($skip = $checker->get_skip()) && $skip !~ /$parsed_for_links/)
1689 $checker->node($name) if $name;
1692 if (! $checker->parse_from_file($filename, undef)) {
1693 $checker->set_skip("$filename is transitory");
1698 # Go through everything in the file that could be an anchor that
1699 # could be a link target. Count how many there are of the same name.
1700 foreach my $node ($checker->linkable_nodes) {
1701 next FILE if ! $node; # Can be empty is like '=item *'
1702 if (exists $nodes{$name}{$node}) {
1703 $nodes{$name}{$node}++;
1706 $nodes{$name}{$node} = 1;
1709 # Experiments have shown that cpan search can figure out the
1710 # target of a link even if the exact wording is incorrect, as long
1711 # as the first word is. This happens frequently in perlfunc.pod,
1712 # where the link will be just to the function, but the target
1713 # entry also includes parameters to the function.
1714 my $first_word = $node;
1715 if ($first_word =~ s/^(\S+)\s+\S.*/$1/) {
1716 $nodes_first_word{$name}{$first_word} = $node;
1719 $filename_to_pod{$filename} = $name;
1723 # Here, all files have been parsed, and all links and link targets are stored.
1724 # Now go through the files again and see which don't have matches.
1725 if (! $has_input_files) {
1726 foreach my $filename (@files) {
1727 next if $filename_to_checker{$filename}->get_skip;
1728 my $checker = $filename_to_checker{$filename};
1729 foreach my $link ($checker->hyperlink) {
1730 my $linked_to_page = $link->[1]->page;
1731 next unless $linked_to_page; # intra-file checks are handled by std
1734 # Initialize the potential message.
1735 my %problem = ( -msg => $broken_link,
1736 -line => $link->[0],
1737 parameter => "to \"$linked_to_page\"",
1740 # See if we have found the linked-to_file in our parse
1741 if (exists $nodes{$linked_to_page}) {
1742 my $node = $link->[1]->node;
1744 # If link is only to the page-level, already have it
1747 # Transform pod language to what we are expecting
1748 $node =~ s,E<sol>,/,g;
1749 $node =~ s/E<verbar>/|/g;
1751 # If link is to a node that exists in the file, is ok
1752 if ($nodes{$linked_to_page}{$node}) {
1754 # But if the page has multiple targets with the same name,
1755 # it's ambiguous which one this should be to.
1756 if ($nodes{$linked_to_page}{$node} > 1) {
1757 $problem{-msg} = $multiple_targets;
1758 $problem{parameter} = "in $linked_to_page that $node could be pointing to";
1759 $checker->poderror(\%problem);
1761 } elsif (! $nodes_first_word{$linked_to_page}{$node}) {
1763 # Here the link target was not found, either exactly or to
1764 # the first word. Is an error.
1765 $problem{parameter} =~ s,"$,/$node",;
1766 $checker->poderror(\%problem);
1769 } # Linked-to-file not in parse; maybe is in exception list
1770 elsif (! exists $valid_modules{$link->[1]->page}) {
1772 # Here, is a link to a target that we can't find. Check if
1773 # there is an internal link on the page with the target name.
1774 # If so, it could be that they just forgot the initial '/'
1775 # But perldelta is handled specially: only do this if the
1776 # broken link isn't one of the known bad ones (that are
1777 # placemarkers and should be removed for the final)
1778 my $NAME = $filename_to_pod{$filename};
1779 if (! defined $NAME) {
1780 $checker->poderror(\%problem);
1783 if ($nodes{$NAME}{$linked_to_page}) {
1784 $problem{-msg} = $broken_internal_link;
1786 $checker->poderror(\%problem);
1793 # If regenerating the data file, start with the modules for which we don't
1794 # check targets. If you change the sort order, you need to run --regen before
1795 # committing so that future commits that do run regen don't show irrelevant
1798 foreach (sort { lc $a cmp lc $b } keys %valid_modules) {
1799 my_safer_print($copy_fh, $_, "\n");
1803 # Now ready to output the messages.
1804 foreach my $filename (@files) {
1805 my $canonical = canonicalize($filename);
1807 my $skip = $filename_to_checker{$filename}->get_skip // "";
1810 foreach my $message ( sort keys %{$problems{$filename}}) {
1813 # Preserve a negative setting.
1814 if ($known_problems{$canonical}{$message}
1815 && $known_problems{$canonical}{$message} < 0)
1817 $count = $known_problems{$canonical}{$message};
1820 $count = @{$problems{$filename}{$message}};
1822 my_safer_print($copy_fh, $canonical . "\t$message\t$count\n");
1827 skip($skip, 1) if $skip;
1829 my $thankful_diagnostics = 0;
1832 my $total_known = 0;
1833 foreach my $message ( sort keys %{$problems{$filename}}) {
1834 $known_problems{$canonical}{$message} = 0
1835 if ! $known_problems{$canonical}{$message};
1836 my $diagnostic = "";
1837 my $problem_count = scalar @{$problems{$filename}{$message}};
1838 $total_known += $problem_count;
1839 next if $known_problems{$canonical}{$message} < 0;
1840 if ($problem_count > $known_problems{$canonical}{$message}) {
1842 # Here we are about to output all the messages for this type,
1843 # subtract back this number we previously added in.
1844 $total_known -= $problem_count;
1846 $diagnostic .= $indent . qq{"$message"};
1847 if ($problem_count > 2) {
1848 $diagnostic .= " ($problem_count occurrences,"
1849 . " expected $known_problems{$canonical}{$message})";
1851 foreach my $problem (@{$problems{$filename}{$message}}) {
1852 $diagnostic .= " " if $problem_count == 1;
1853 $diagnostic .= "\n$indent$indent";
1854 $diagnostic .= "$problem->{parameter}" if $problem->{parameter};
1855 $diagnostic .= " near line $problem->{-line}";
1856 $diagnostic .= " $problem->{comment}" if $problem->{comment};
1858 $diagnostic .= "\n";
1859 $files_with_unknown_issues{$filename} = 1;
1860 } elsif ($problem_count < $known_problems{$canonical}{$message}) {
1861 $diagnostic = output_thanks($filename, $known_problems{$canonical}{$message}, $problem_count, $message);
1862 $thankful_diagnostics++;
1864 push @diagnostics, $diagnostic if $diagnostic;
1867 # The above loop has output messages where there are current potential
1868 # issues. But it misses where there were some that have been entirely
1869 # fixed. For those, we need to look through the old issues
1870 foreach my $message ( sort keys %{$known_problems{$canonical}}) {
1871 next if $problems{$filename}{$message};
1872 next if ! $known_problems{$canonical}{$message};
1873 next if $known_problems{$canonical}{$message} < 0; # Preserve negs
1875 next if !$pedantic and $message =~
1876 /^(?:\Q$line_length\E|\Q$C_not_linked\E|\Q$C_with_slash\E)/;
1878 my $diagnostic = output_thanks($filename, $known_problems{$canonical}{$message}, 0, $message);
1879 push @diagnostics, $diagnostic if $diagnostic;
1880 $thankful_diagnostics++ if $diagnostic;
1883 my $output = "POD of $filename";
1884 $output .= ", excluding $total_known not shown known potential problems"
1886 if (@diagnostics && @diagnostics == $thankful_diagnostics) {
1887 # Output fixed issues as passing to-do tests, so they do not
1888 # cause failures, but t/harness still flags them.
1889 $output .= " # TODO"
1891 ok(@diagnostics == $thankful_diagnostics, $output);
1893 note(join "", @diagnostics,
1894 "See end of this test output for your options on silencing this");
1897 delete $known_problems{$canonical};
1902 && ! ok (keys %known_problems == 0, "The known problems database includes no references to non-existent files"))
1904 note("The following files were not found: "
1905 . join ", ", keys %known_problems);
1906 note("They will automatically be removed from the db the next time");
1907 note(" cd t; ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --regen");
1912 run this test script by hand, using the following formula (on
1913 Un*x-like machines):
1915 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --regen
1918 if (%files_with_unknown_issues) {
1919 my $were_count_files = scalar keys %files_with_unknown_issues;
1920 $were_count_files = ($were_count_files == 1)
1921 ? "was $were_count_files file"
1922 : "were $were_count_files files";
1923 my $message = <<EOF;
1925 HOW TO GET THIS .t TO PASS
1927 There $were_count_files that had new potential problems identified.
1928 Some of them may be real, and some of them may be false positives because
1929 this program isn't as smart as it likes to think it is. You can teach this
1930 program to ignore the issues it has identified, and hence pass, by doing the
1933 1) If a problem is about a link to an unknown module or man page that
1934 you know exists, re-run the command something like:
1935 ./perl -I../lib porting/podcheck.t --add_link MODULE man_page ...
1936 (MODULEs should look like Foo::Bar, and man_pages should look like
1937 bar(3c); don't do this for a module or man page that you aren't sure
1938 about; instead treat as another type of issue and follow the
1939 instructions below.)
1941 2) For other issues, decide if each should be fixed now or not. Fix the
1942 ones you decided to, and rerun this test to verify that the fixes
1945 3) If there remain false positive or problems that you don't plan to fix right
1948 That should cause all current potential problems to be accepted by
1949 the program, so that the next time it runs, they won't be flagged.
1951 if (%files_with_fixes) {
1952 $message .= " This step will also take care of the files that have fixes in them\n";
1956 For a few files, such as perltoc, certain issues will always be
1957 expected, and more of the same will be added over time. For those,
1958 before you do the regen, you can edit
1960 and find the entry for the module's file and specific error message,
1961 and change the count of known potential problems to -1.
1965 } elsif (%files_with_fixes) {
1967 To teach this test script that the potential problems have been fixed,
1974 chdir $original_dir || die "Can't change directories to $original_dir";
1975 close_and_rename($copy_fh);