Index: config/init/defaults.pm
===================================================================
--- config/init/defaults.pm	(revision 48682)
+++ config/init/defaults.pm	(working copy)
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@
     #
     # This is a multi-stage process.
 
+    # Some checks (e.g. auto::pod2man) search for perl executables in scriptdirexp, but these may
+    # have a suffix (and no suffixless alias), e.g. under perlblew:
+    #    $ readlink $(which perl)
+    #    /home/v-perlbrew/perl5/perlbrew/perls/current/bin/perl5.13.2
+    #    $ file /home/v-perlbrew/perl5/perlbrew/perls/current/bin/pod2man
+    #    ERROR: cannot open `/home/v-perlbrew/perl5/perlbrew/perls/current/bin/pod2man' (No such file or directory)
+    #    $ file /home/v-perlbrew/perl5/perlbrew/perls/current/bin/pod2man5.13.2
+    #    /home/v-perlbrew/perl5/perlbrew/perls/current/bin/pod2man5.13.2: a /home/v-perlbrew/perl5/perlbrew script text executable
+    my $perl_bin_suffix = $Config{versiononly} ? $Config{version} : '';
+    $conf->data->set( qq|perl_bin_suffix_provisional| => $perl_bin_suffix );
+
     # Stage 1:
     foreach my $orig ( qw|
         archname
Index: config/auto/pod2man.pm
===================================================================
--- config/auto/pod2man.pm	(revision 48682)
+++ config/auto/pod2man.pm	(working copy)
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
 sub runstep {
     my ( $self, $conf ) = @_;
 
-    my $cmd = $conf->data->get('scriptdirexp_provisional') . q{/pod2man};
+    my $slash = $conf->data->get('slash');
+    my $suffix = $conf->data->get('perl_bin_suffix_provisional');
+    my $cmd = $conf->data->get('scriptdirexp_provisional') . $slash . q{pod2man} . $suffix;
     my $content = capture_output("$cmd docs/parrot.pod") || undef;
 
     return 1 unless defined( $self->_initial_content_check($conf, $content) );
Index: config/auto/perldoc.pm
===================================================================
--- config/auto/perldoc.pm	(revision 48682)
+++ config/auto/perldoc.pm	(working copy)
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     my ( $self, $conf ) = @_;
 
     my $slash = $conf->data->get('slash');
-    my $cmd = $conf->data->get('scriptdirexp_provisional') . $slash . q{perldoc};
+    my $suffix = $conf->data->get('perl_bin_suffix_provisional');
+    my $cmd = $conf->data->get('scriptdirexp_provisional') . $slash . q{perldoc} . $suffix;
     my ( $fh, $filename ) = tempfile( UNLINK => 1 );
     my $content = capture_output("$cmd -ud $filename perldoc") || undef;