Hello,
Olivier Berger schrieb am Wed 28. May, 20:32 (+0200):
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.7.3.0
> Severity: minor
>
> In "Appendix G - Diversions - overriding a package's version of a file (from old Packaging Manual)", there's some misleading explanations on dpkg-divert preferred use in presint scriptsi (as I understand it, this is not related to policy itself, as it lies in the appendix, so this issue should be easily fixed ?).
>
> The following example is provided with a sentence which seems erronous to me ATM :
>
> if [ install = "$1" ]; then
> dpkg-divert --package smailwrapper --add --rename \
> --divert /usr/sbin/smail.real /usr/sbin/smail
^^^^
By the way, the example should not suggest to use a fixed prefix, but the
package name. Because there might be more than one diversion which would
clash.
Bye, Jörg.
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