python pod_strip_version() {
    import re

    def opener(filename, mode):
        if filename.endswith(".gz"):
            import gzip
            return gzip.open(filename, mode)
        elif filename.endswith(".bz2"):
            import bz2
            return bz2.open(filename, mode)
        else:
            return open(filename, mode)

    bad_re = re.compile(rb"Automatically generated by Pod::Man( [0-9]+.+)")

    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d.expand("${D}${mandir}")):
        for filename in files:
            filename = os.path.join(root, filename)
            if not os.path.isfile(filename):
                continue

            with opener(filename, "rb") as manfile:
                manpage = manfile.read()
                m = bad_re.search(manpage)
                if not m:
                    continue

            bb.note("podfix: stripping version from %s" % filename)
            os.unlink(filename)
            with opener(filename, "wb") as manfile:
                manfile.write(manpage[:m.start(1)])
                manfile.write(manpage[m.end(1):])
}

do_install[postfuncs] += "pod_strip_version"