Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #477240

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 58c472568e77d9d00e1d154a3590b48089b107da..ceb26d280964aa97f6f2051287368cb41842c821 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
     Closes: #445203
+  * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
+    Closes: #477240
   * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
     package.
   * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 4cce6d0a71a3713f0d4fb1a7028c45b97f723b1e..2df51e5d7916922a3157337cbb0cced201fa9fa7 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ Not yet released.
   that libraries should be built with threading support and to be
   thread-safe if the library supports this.
   </item>
+<tag>10.4</tag>
+  <item><file>/bin/sh</file> scripts may assume that <prgn>kill</prgn>
+  supports an argument of <tt>-<var>signal</var></tt>,
+  that <prgn>kill</prgn> and <prgn>trap</prgn> support the numeric signals
+  listed in the XSI extension, and that signal 13 (SIGPIPE) can be trapped
+  with <prgn>trap</prgn>.
+  </item>
 <tag>10.8</tag>
   <item>Recommend <file>/etc/logrotate.d/<var>package</var></file> for
   logrotate rules.