Mark de Jong wrote:

> I downloaded the perl-5.00404.tgz package and (I think) I installed it
> properly.

You can get the source at www.perl.com/CPAN-local. It should
compile nicely on netBSD. The latest perl5.005_02. 
Good Stuff. 

> What do I need to do to have the perl man pages work properly?
> 
> Also, how do I use the "pod" files?

Although Perl should install man pages for you, 
you can use the 'perldoc' utility to view these 
same pages. 
'perldoc perldoc' for more info.
'perldoc perlfaq' for more perl info.   

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