GNU bug report logs - #14588
Clarify perldb doc string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Len Weisberg <Len <at> Weisberg.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:03:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Len Weisberg <Len <at> Weisberg.com>, 14588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14588: 24.1; perldb broken
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:38:00 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Len Weisberg wrote:
>
>> (perldb "/tmp/args.pl  a b c")
>
> It seems (by comparing with M-x perldb) that you are supposed to use:
>
> (perldb "perl -d /tmp/args.pl a b c")

I think the doc string of perldb should be improved here.  For
example, it talks about a parameter FILE which does not exist in the
argument list.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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