On Mandrake:When I do an: rpm -ql perl | grep 'perldoc' I only get: /usr/share/man/man1/perldoc.1.bz2I get.... [root@www2 root]# rpm -ql perl | grep 'perldoc' /usr/bin/perldoc /usr/share/man/man1/perldoc.1.gz
urpmi perl-doc
Which will install the package named perl-doc-5.8.0-13mdk which will provide you with your missing perldoc script.
It's not a bad build (or at least not for that reason). For some reason a large number of modules are broken out into their own RPM packages under Mandrake (and I have definitely observed the same on RedHat)...I usually just use CPAN to get my modules and bypass RPM though since CPAN is just damn cool.
(Neat fact: In the Mandrake 9.0 Contribs section there is actually an RPM included for Mason 1.03)
-Adam Batkin