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Bug#218897: Explicitily disallow adding local diversion by package



On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:21:13 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:

> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 9fe7158..587a6b2 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -1214,9 +1214,11 @@
>  	</p>
>  
>  	<p>
> -	  You should not use <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> on a file
> -	  belonging to another package without consulting the
> -	  maintainer of that package first.
> +	  You should not use <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> on a file belonging
> +	  to another package without consulting the maintainer of that
> +	  package first.  Package maintainer scripts must provide
> +	  the <tt>--package</tt> flag to <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> and must
> +	  not use <tt>--local</tt>.
>  	</p>
>  
>  	<p>
> 
Seconded.

Cheers,
Julien

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