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+# arg 1: the new package version
+post_install() {
+ for ver in 5.8.{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}; do
+ [ -h usr/lib/perl5/$ver ] && rm usr/lib/perl5/$ver
+ [ -h usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/$ver ] && rm usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/$ver
+ [ -h usr/bin/perl$ver ] && rm usr/bin/perl$ver
+ done
+
+ echo
+ echo " This version of perl follows the new perl directory hierarchy (see"
+ echo " http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Policy)."
+ echo
+ echo " - The perl package and its modules install in the core_perl directories"
+ echo " - Perl modules provided by Arch Linux install in vendor_perl directories"
+ echo " - CPAN/CPANPLUS installs should be placed in site_perl directories"
+ echo " - Older modules in the 'current' directory should still work"
+ echo " - Programs with embedded perl interpreters need to be rebuilt"
+ echo
+ echo " Users of the CPAN or CPANPLUS shells should modify the configuration"
+ echo " to use the site_perl directories. Under the CPAN shell use:"
+ echo " o conf makepl_arg INSTALLDIRS=site"
+ echo " o conf mbuildpl_arg installdirs=site"
+ echo " Under the CPANPLUS shell:"
+ echo " s conf buildflags installdirs=site"
+ echo " s conf makemakerflags INSTALLDIRS=site"
+ echo " Then save the configuration."
+ echo
+ echo " The following official packages can be removed since the modules are"
+ echo " now included in the standard perl library:"
+ echo " perl-archive-tar perl-compress-raw-zlib perl-compress-zlib"
+ echo " perl-extutils-cbuilder perl-io-compress-base perl-io-compress-zlib"
+ echo " perl-io-zlib perl-module-pluggable perl-pod-escapes perl-pod-simple"
+ echo " perl-module-build perl-version"
+ echo
+ echo " These community packages are also included in the standard perl library:"
+ echo " perl-archive-extract perl-cpanplus perl-digest-sha perl-file-fetch"
+ echo " perl-extutils-parsexs perl-ipc-cmd perl-locale-maketext-simple"
+ echo " perl-log-message perl-log-message-simple perl-module-corelist"
+ echo " perl-module-load perl-module-load-conditional perl-module-loaded"
+ echo " perl-module-pluggable perl-object-accessor perl-params-check"
+ echo " perl-term-ui perl-time-piece"
+ echo
+}
+
+# arg 1: the new package version
+# arg 2: the old package version
+post_upgrade() {
+ post_install
+}
+
+op=$1
+shift
+
+$op $*