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Bug#483418: debian-policy: Not limit dpkg-divert to install but valid also for upgrade in app. G



Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> writes:

>> 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.

I believe it's not permissible to divert the same file more than once.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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