Bug#29522: marked as done ([PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions)

[Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>]

reopen 29522
thanks

No, I can tell you from recent experience that the packaging manual's 
example for diversions is wrong.
The postrm example is correct, but the preinst one isn't.
The preinst should be:
         if [ install = "$1" -o upgrade = "$1" ]; then
              dpkg-divert --package smailwrapper --add --rename \
                        --divert /usr/sbin/smail.real /usr/sbin/smail
          fi

It's also been suggested that --rename is potentially harmful.
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