--- notmuch help runs pod2usage with -verbose => 2, which by default tries to run perldoc. Adding -noperldoc => 1 disables this use but there is no pre-verifying interface (or so) available. In one of my systems there was no 'perldoc' script, which basically contains: use Pod::PerlDoc; exit( Pod::Perldoc->run() ); However, the system has Pod/Perldoc.pm installed. This patch demonstraces how Perldoc.pm can be used directly from perl program. This is probably not the best way, but 'man Perldoc' does not mention any other way to use the module. If you have problems running 'notmuch help' (it prints contents of the command instead of help) and/or are otherwise interested the problem look this patch and if you have ideas/knowledge how to improve it please reply to this e-mail. contrib/nmbug | 9 +++++---- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/nmbug b/contrib/nmbug index bb0739f..343fe10 100755 --- a/contrib/nmbug +++ b/contrib/nmbug @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use strict; use warnings; use File::Temp qw(tempdir); -use Pod::Usage; no encoding; @@ -467,14 +466,16 @@ sub decode_from_fs { sub usage { - pod2usage (); + require Pod::Usage; + Pod::Usage::pod2usage (); exit (1); } sub do_help { - pod2usage ( -verbose => 2 ); - exit (0); + require Pod::Perldoc; + @ARGV = ( $0 ); + exit ( Pod::Perldoc->run() ); } __END__ -- 1.7.7.3