On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 06:55:56PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > --- policy.sgml.orig Sat Sep 8 16:12:53 2001 > +++ policy.sgml Sat Sep 8 17:06:01 2001 > @@ -3711,21 +3711,16 @@ > </list> > </p> > </footnote> > - must call <prgn>ldconfig</prgn> in its <prgn>postinst</prgn> > - script if the first argument is <tt>configure</tt> and should > - call it in the <prgn>postrm</prgn> script if the first > - argument is <tt>remove</tt>. > - </p> > - > - <p> > - However, <prgn>postrm</prgn> and <prgn>preinst</prgn> scripts > - <em>must not</em> call <prgn>ldconfig</prgn> in the case where > - the package is being upgraded (see <ref id="unpackphase"> for > - details), as <prgn>ldconfig</prgn> will see the temporary > - names that <prgn>dpkg</prgn> uses for the files while it is > - installing them and will make the shared library links point > - to them, just before <prgn>dpkg</prgn> continues the > - installation and renames the temporary files! > + must use <prgn>ldconfig</prgn> to update the shared library > + system. The package must call <prgn>ldconfig</prgn> in the > + <prgn>postinst</prgn> script if the first argument is > + <tt>configure</tt>; the <prgn>postinst</prgn> script may > + optionally invoke <prgn>ldconfig</prgn> at other times. The > + package should call <prgn>ldconfig</prgn> in the > + <prgn>postrm</prgn> script if the first argument is > + <tt>remove</tt>. The maintainer scripts must not invoke > + <prgn>ldconfig</prgn> under any circumstances other than those > + described in this paragraph. > </p> > > <sect>
Seconded. -- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
