Re: Not able to understand debian-policy 8.1.1
Ben Finney wrote:
On 13-Jul-2005, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
In http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html , In
section 8.1.1, in the second paragraph it says
The package must call |ldconfig| in the |postinst| script if the
first argument is configure; ......... The package should call
|ldconfig| in the |postrm| script if the first argument is remove.
............
first argument to what?
To the postinst script and postrm scripts, respectively.
This could probably be phrased better. I'd suggest:
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When the |postinst| script for the package receives a first argument
of configure, it must call |ldconfig|;
The it here could be confusing for non-native speakers. Does it refer to
package or does it refer to postinst?
the |postinst| script make
optionally invoke |ldconfig| at other times.
This should be 'may' instead of make.
When the |postrm| script
for the package receives a first argument of remove, it should call
|ldconfig|. The maintainer scripts for the package must not invoke
|ldconfig| under any circumstances other than those listed in this
paragraph.
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I would suggest to rephrase it as
If the first argument to the postinst script is configure then the
postinst script should call ldconfig. Similarly, if the first argument
to the postrm script is remove then the postrm script should call
ldconfig. Irrespective of the above two situations, the postinst can
optionally invoke ldconfig. However, the maintainer scripts must not
invoke ldconfig ||under any circumstances other than those described in
this paragraph.
thanks
raju
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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Graduate Student, MAE
Cornell University
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/
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