Re: Bug#579457: debian-policy: finer granularity for perlapi-*

[gregor herrmann]

On Fri, 07 May 2010 19:16:32 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:

> diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
> index 1d26df7..1ee5df5 100644
> --- a/perl-policy.sgml
> +++ b/perl-policy.sgml
> @@ -89,8 +89,11 @@
>       </p>
>       <p>
>         The <package>perl-base</package> package must provide
> -       <package>perlapi-<var>version</var></package> for all released
> -       versions it is compatible with.
> +       <package>perlapi-<var>abiname</var></package> for all released
> +       package versions it is compatible with. The choice of
> +       <var>abiname</var> is arbitrary, but if it differs from
> +       <tt>$Config{version}</tt>, it must be specified in
> +       <tt>$Config{debian_abi}</tt>.
>       </p>
>        </sect>
>  
> @@ -348,8 +351,9 @@ $(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/&lt;tmp&gt;/usr
>           a minimum version of the <package>perl</package> package
>           used to build the module, and must additionally depend on
>           the expansion of
> -         <package>perlapi-$Config{version}</package> using
> -         the <tt>Config</tt> module.
> +         <package>perlapi-$Config{debian_abi}</package> using
> +         the <tt>Config</tt> module. If <tt>$Config{debian_abi}</tt>
> +         is empty or not set, <tt>$Config{version}</tt> must be used.
>         </p>
>       </sect1>

Seconded.

Cheers,
gregor  
 
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