On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:13:06 +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > >From 87c527dce3a9f8dcaca7cf43f830ce9ff178f4e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li> > Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:11:29 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] Describe the Perl upgrade trigger > > --- > perl-policy.sgml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml > index b9f3277..70c5bfc 100644 > --- a/perl-policy.sgml > +++ b/perl-policy.sgml > @@ -461,6 +461,26 @@ perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts > package must depend upon it explicitly. > </p> > </sect> > + > + <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> > </chapt> > > <appendix id="perl6"> Seconded. (And thanks for your work, Dominic and Niko.) Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - PGP/GPG key ID: 0x8649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Janis Joplin: Half Moon
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