Perl.man.2 contains a minor bug which causes the manual to be processed wrong. Line 1374 of perl.man.2 reads: $] =~ /(\d+\.\d+).*\nPatch level: (\d+)/; This should be: $] =~ /(\ed+\.\ed+).*\nPatch level: (\ed+)/; to prevent the '\d' from being processed by [nt]roff. -- Johan