Bug#483418: Not limit dpkg-divert to install but valid also for upgrade in app.
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Please check the following patch, which attempts to clarify how dpkg
> diversions should be handled. Once I started digging into this, the cases
> looked more complex than I had expected. I tried to add more language to
> explain the whole situation on the grounds that if I found it confusing,
> other people almost certainly also do.
Looks reasonable, seconded.
> The postrm has to do the reverse:
> <example>
> - if [ remove = "$1" ]; then
> + if [ remove = "$1" -o abort-install = "$1" -o disappear = "$1" ]; then
To be really complete we should also handle the abort-upgrade if the
old version had no diversion... but that would make it too complicated
for its purpose.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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