Document that @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2

Since at least 5.8.4-8 (Debian sarge release), the Perl search
path for the core modules has used the major version (5.18)
instead of the full one (5.18.2).

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4fcbe17c2b9c8a11bb5237c1f25f3365ab6a0f9a..0b60482a743d888da82cf621ceda6d492870f35f 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
     Closes: #741304
+  * Perl Policy: @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
+    Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+    Closes: #748480
   * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
 
   [ Jonathan Nieder ]

diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
index 626c5144bc4124fbde9cbba8fcbedbc60405e5db..abe04d9a47d63c537a75dc9a8b5fcad150e233a3 100644 (file)
--- a/perl-policy.sgml
+++ b/perl-policy.sgml
@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@
              <p>
                Modules included in the core Perl distribution.
                <example>
-/usr/lib/perl/<var>version</var>
-/usr/share/perl/<var>version</var>
+/usr/lib/perl/<var>shortversion</var>
+/usr/share/perl/<var>shortversion</var>
                </example>
+               Where <var>shortversion</var> indicates the current Perl major
+               version (for example <tt>5.18</tt>).
              </p>
            </item>
            <tag><var>site</var> (old)</tag>