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Bug 389771 - dev-lang/perl-5.14: pkg_pretend is for pretend, not post merge info
Summary: dev-lang/perl-5.14: pkg_pretend is for pretend, not post merge info
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Perl team
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Reported: 2011-11-06 22:07 UTC by Brian Harring (RETIRED)
Modified: 2012-06-16 10:41 UTC (History)
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Description Brian Harring (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-11-06 22:07:34 UTC
As the summary says; pkg_pretend should be used only for deciding whether even doing the build is viable; using it strictly to spit out "you need to rebuild perl" isn't what that exists for.

Do it in postinst like every other pkg...
Comment 1 Torsten Veller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-06-16 10:41:29 UTC
Reverted in perl-5.16.0.

The point was: Upgrading perl renders the system unusable until the perl-modules are rebuilt. I was hoping the information would be shown early (think of --ask and get the output before accepting).

So we continue to surprise users.