Bug#160848: dpkg: dpkg-divert --remove renames

[<herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.4
Severity: normal

$ rm -f /root/a
$ dpkg-divert --add /root/a
Adding `local diversion of /root/a to /root/a.distrib'
$ > /root/a.distrib
$ dpkg-divert --remove /root/a
Removing `local diversion of /root/a to /root/a.distrib'
$ ls -l /root/a*
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Sep 14 15:54 a

The version in woody is also affected, but the potato version works
correctly.

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux gondolin 2.4.18-686-smp #1 SMP Sun Apr 14 12:07:19 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii  dselect        1.10.4         a user tool to manage Debian packages
ii  libc6          2.2.5-6        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone