1LWP::Debug(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation LWP::Debug(3)
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6 LWP::Debug - deprecated
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9 This module has been deprecated. Please see LWP::ConsoleLogger for
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12 LWP::Debug is used to provide tracing facilities, but these are not
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17 One useful feature that LWP::Debug provided (in an imprecise and
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21 Network traffic monitoring
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24 <http://www.wireshark.org/> program is highly recommended for this.
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