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please document dependencies

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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: bug-vc-dwim <at> gnu.org
Subject: please document dependencies
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:47:35 +0100

Hi,

After building and installing vc-dwim 1.10:

$ vc-chlog --version
vc-chlog version 1.10

$ vc-dwim --help
Can't locate Pod/PlainText.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Pod::PlainText module) (@INC entries checked: /darch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/share/vc-dwim /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.38.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.38.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.38 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.38 /usr/share/perl/5.38 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at /darch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/bin/vc-dwim line 56.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /darch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/bin/vc-dwim line 56.

$ vc-chlog --width 80
Can't locate Pod/PlainText.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Pod::PlainText module) (@INC entries checked: /darch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/share/vc-dwim /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.38.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.38.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.38 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.38 /usr/share/perl/5.38 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at /darch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/bin/vc-dwim line 56.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /darch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/bin/vc-dwim line 56.

This is on Ubuntu 24.04; most probably the same error would also occur
on Debian.

The fix, on Debian-based systems, is

$ sudo apt install libpod-parser-perl

It would be good to document this.

Bruno

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