Perl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch

Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
Closes: #748380

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 579b8c7f712e478b2643ad421cb99084a03abb6a..0141758c85b12605b6f8cc8874f7435fd509d496 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
     Closes: #748479
+  * Perl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch
+    Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
+    Closes: #748380
   * Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories
     Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 9c7db6c48f2cb8bb9abe9ad7985d2856a9268b94..7ba40e64ccdfcdbb31f5c50e2be3cfffb7b0001d 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ Released xxx, 2014.
   <item> Binaries must not be statically linked with the GNU C library,
   see policy for exceptions.
   </item>
-</taglist></p>
-
+<tag>perl</tag>
+  <item> Perl package should use the <tt>%Config</tt> hash to locate module
+         paths instead of hardcoding paths in <tt>@INC</tt>.
+  </item> </taglist></p>
 <sect id="3.9.5.0"> Version 3.9.5.0
 <p>