Bug#45480: dpkg: Diversions aren't removed when the owning packages are removed

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Subject: Bug#45480: dpkg: Diversions aren't removed when the owning packages are removed
From: <kai@khms.westfalen.de>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 10:24:39 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] E11ScH1-0002JK-00@khms.westfalen.de>
Reply-to: <kai@khms.westfalen.de>, 45480@bugs.debian.org

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.1.9
Severity: important

There is no reason to keep a diversion if the package creating it is no longer
there; in fact, this is harmful. These should be cleaned up automatically.

-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux khms.westfalen.de 2.2.12-kai.34 #1 Sam Aug 28 19:43:42 CEST 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii  libc6           2.1.2-1        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii  libncurses4     4.2-3.2        Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii  libstdc++2.10   2.95.1-2       The GNU stdc++ library

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