Bug#951149: libreoffice-base: Missing versioned dependency on dpkg?

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

notfound 951149 1:6.3.4-2
foun 951149 1:6.4.0~beta1-2
tag 951149 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 11:03:57AM -0800, Peter Eckersley wrote:
> (Reading database ... 405556 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../libreoffice-base_1%3a6.4.1~rc1-2_amd64.deb ...
> dpkg-divert: error: unknown option --no-rename

MMh.

Which dpkg version?

Since stable has a suitable dpkg.

rene@frodo:~$ dpkg -l dpkg
Gewünscht=Unbekannt/Installieren/R=Entfernen/P=Vollständig Löschen/Halten
| Status=Nicht/Installiert/Config/U=Entpackt/halb konFiguriert/
         Halb installiert/Trigger erWartet/Trigger anhängig
|/ Fehler?=(kein)/R=Neuinstallation notwendig (Status, Fehler: GROSS=schlecht)
||/ Name           Version      Architektur  Beschreibung
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii  dpkg           1.19.7       amd64        Debian package management system
rene@frodo:~$ dpkg-divert --help | grep rename
  --rename                 Datei tatsächlich beiseite schieben (oder zurück).
  --no-rename              Datei nicht beiseite (oder zurück) schieben (Vorgabe).
rene@frodo:~$ ^C
rene@frodo:~$ LANG=C
rene@frodo:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 
10.3
rene@frodo:~$ dpkg -l dpkg
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii  dpkg           1.19.7       amd64        Debian package management system
rene@frodo:~$ dpkg-divert --help | grep rename
  --rename                 actually move the file aside (or back).
  --no-rename              do not move the file aside (or back) (default).

(and thus my upgrade, and even apt -t buster-backports install) just worked.

Regards,

Rene