Package: debhelper Version: 9.20120909 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/dh_installudev Usertags: debian-packaging
Hi there! When a package installs udev rules, these not automatically applied if the device is built-in (like fingerprint readers), since it is never plugged in (obviously, except if the computer is rebooted). Thus package.postinst must call `udevadm trigger` according to the udev's maintainer's explanation at: <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683863#27> While `udevadm trigger` could be called without options, IMHO it is preferable to limit its call(s) for the device(s) the package supports. In some cases, the number of the devices can be quite a lot (e.g. libfprint0 supports 17 of them), thus having an automatic way to generate these calls from the udev rules would be preferable. I would be glad to provide a patch, but I am a bit busy ATM. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.7-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages debhelper depends on: ii binutils 2.22-7.1 ii dpkg 1.16.9 ii dpkg-dev 1.16.9 ii file 5.11-2 ii html2text 1.3.2a-15 ii man-db 2.6.3-3 ii perl 5.14.2-16 ii po-debconf 1.0.16+nmu2 debhelper recommends no packages. Versions of packages debhelper suggests: pn dh-make <none> -- no debconf information
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