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. -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110608160951.GA3113@madeleine.local.invalid
