Hello Richard, Thanks. Before codifying this in Policy it seems worth checking with the dpkg maintainers that all the dpkg behaviour is as intended, and fixing up the dpkg documentation. This might reveal some rationales for some of the more surprising behaviours, and also might eliminate the remaining undefined behaviours. Then Policy could include a shorter description, that wasn't just a statement of observed behaviours, but also an explanation of why the mechanism is the way it is. -- Sean Whitton
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