Re: Bug#619275: Perl Policy change to document major version upgrade trigger
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 09:13:06PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> + <sect id="perl_upgrades">
> + <heading>Perl Package Upgrades</heading>
> + <p>
> + Starting from <package>perl</package> 5.12.3-2, a dpkg trigger
> + named <var>perl-major-upgrade</var> will be triggered by the
> + postinst of the <package>perl</package> package during major
> + upgrades. Some examples of things which constitute a major upgrade
> + are an upgrade which would change the value of versioned
> + directories in <tt>@INC</tt>, or one which changes <tt>abiname</tt>.
> + Any package may declare an interest in the trigger, especially
> + packages including long-running daemons which would stop working
> + until restart.
> + </p>
> + <p>
> + It is suggested that such packages include an appropriate section
> + in their postinst to handle the trigger by restarting relevant
> + daemons or notifying users of further action.
> + </p>
> + </sect>
Seconded. Sorry for blocking this.
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Niko Tyni ntyni@debian.org
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