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+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+
+post_upgrade() {
+  if [ "$(vercmp $2 174)" -lt 0 ]; then
+    echo "ATTENTION UDEV:"
+    echo "----------"
+    if [ "$(vercmp $2 168)" -lt 0 ]; then
+      echo "Kernel 2.6.32 or newer is now required."
+      echo "  --"
+      echo "OSS emulation modules are not loaded by default, add to rc.conf if needed."
+      echo "  --"
+      echo "Arch specific cd symlinks are now no longer created."
+      echo "  --"
+      echo "cd and net persistent rules will no longer be autogenerated,"
+      echo "see <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev> for details."
+      echo "  --"
+      echo "Errors are now logged (possibly to the console) by default."
+      echo "  --"
+    fi
+    if [ "$(vercmp $2 171)" -lt 0 ]; then
+      echo "Arch's custom blacklisting logic has been removed. MOD_AUTOLOAD and"
+      echo "blacklisting in MODULES no longer works."
+      echo "See 'man modprobe.conf' for a replacement to blacklisting."
+      echo "To disable a module mod1 on the kernel command line, use"
+      echo "mod1.disable=1"
+      echo "or"
+      echo "modprobe.blacklist=mod1"
+      echo "  --"
+      echo "The following modules are no longer unconditionally loaded:"
+      echo "  pcspkr irtty-sir analog lp ppdev ide-generic"
+      echo "Add them to MODULES in rc.conf if you need them."
+      echo "  --"
+    fi
+    if [ "$(vercmp $2 172)" -lt 0 ]; then
+      echo "Support for non-devtmpfs self-compiled kernels have been moved to udev-compat."
+      echo "  --"
+      echo "Blacklisting of framebuffer devices has moved from /etc/modprobe.d to"
+      echo "/lib/modprobe.d. Any customizations shoud be done to the file in /etc, as it"
+      echo "takes precedence."
+      echo "  --"
+      echo "kbd and rtc devices are no longer world readable."
+      echo "  --"
+      echo "rtc is no longer in the audio group and fb devices are no longer in"
+      echo "the video group, as permissions and ownership of fb devices are controlled"
+      echo "by X."
+      echo "  --"
+    fi
+    echo "We now use upstream rules for assigning devices to the 'disk', 'optical',"
+    echo "'scanner' and 'video' groups. Beware of any changes."
+    echo "  --"
+    echo "We no longer create symlinks from /dev/<dev> to /dev/<dev>0."
+    echo "  --"
+    echo "For security reasons, we no longer add devices to the 'storage' group. Use"
+    echo "udisks and friends, or add custom rules to /etc/udev.d/rules/, if you want"
+    echo "this functionality back."
+    echo " --"
+    echo "We no longer create the static nodes on install needed for an initrd-less and"
+    echo "devtmpfs-less boot, this only affects fresh installs."
+    echo "---------------"
+  fi
+}