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authorMike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>2022-06-04 09:47:29 -0400
committerMike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>2022-06-07 20:24:56 -0400
commit9b977bfdb07b76e108bd962c998421353a40e131 (patch)
treeb7761fceadd5c2810fc2c27ad7175910acaa3442 /eclass/udev.eclass
parentsys-kernel/dracut: Add missing grep to lvm module (diff)
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udev.eclass: document when udev_reload should be called
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/847436 Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'eclass/udev.eclass')
-rw-r--r--eclass/udev.eclass14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/eclass/udev.eclass b/eclass/udev.eclass
index 073e5d8acbc9..830e3eeb125e 100644
--- a/eclass/udev.eclass
+++ b/eclass/udev.eclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# @ECLASS: udev.eclass
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
# # udev_dorules contrib/99-foomatic
# # udev_newrules contrib/98-foomatic 99-foomatic
# }
+#
+# pkg_postinst() {
+# udev_reload
+# }
+#
+# pkg_postrm() {
+# udev_reload
+# }
# @CODE
case ${EAPI} in
@@ -110,7 +118,9 @@ udev_newrules() {
# @FUNCTION: udev_reload
# @DESCRIPTION:
-# Run udevadm control --reload to refresh rules and databases
+# Run "udevadm control --reload" to refresh rules and databases.
+# Should be called from pkg_postinst and pkg_postrm in packages which install
+# udev rules or hwdb data.
udev_reload() {
if [[ -n ${ROOT%/} ]]; then
return 0