Package: bfh-container
Version: 20211009-31
Severity: serious
Tags: patch
User: helm...@debian.org
Usertags: dep17

Hi,

I'm sorry to tell you that I still got the duplicated diversions wrong.
The full story is at
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/01/msg00125.html. In any
case, I managed to reproduce bad scenarios for bfh-container. The main
issue here is that --rename may be specified for the canonicalized
diversion when the actual file is aliased and then it may be renamed in
a bad way making dpkg unhappy. Additionally, the order of diversions was
wrong as diversion targets must not overlap. Adding the canonicalized
diversion was failing as the aliased diversion had not yet changed its
target.

I'm attaching a patch that fixes both and also attaching my test cases
(that are all passing now). I added more comments such that the mess
becomes easier to understand by my future self and others.

Helmut
diff --minimal -Nru bfh-metapackages-20211009/debian/bfh-container.preinst 
bfh-metapackages-20211009/debian/bfh-container.preinst
--- bfh-metapackages-20211009/debian/bfh-container.preinst      2024-12-12 
18:01:16.000000000 +0100
+++ bfh-metapackages-20211009/debian/bfh-container.preinst      2025-01-13 
12:35:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -8,26 +8,22 @@
 
                for FILE in halt poweroff reboot shutdown coldreboot
                do
-                       TRUENAME_USR="$(dpkg-divert --truename 
"/usr/sbin/${FILE}")"
-                       TRUENAME_ALIAS="$(dpkg-divert --truename 
"/sbin/${FILE}")"
-                       RENAME_FLAG="--no-rename"
 
-                       if [ "${TRUENAME_USR}" = "/usr/sbin/${FILE}" ]
+                       # DEP17 M18 duplicated diversion, can be removed after 
trixie.
+                       RENAME_FLAG="--no-rename"
+                       TRUENAME_ALIAS="$(dpkg-divert --truename 
"/sbin/${FILE}")"
+                       if [ "${TRUENAME_ALIAS}" = "/sbin/${FILE}" ]
                        then
-                               if [ "${TRUENAME_ALIAS}" = "/sbin/${FILE}" ]
+                               # Rename if the file is presently installed as 
aliased.
+                               if dpkg -S "/sbin/${FILE}" 2>/dev/null | grep 
-q "^[^ ]*: /sbin/${FILE}$"
                                then
                                        RENAME_FLAG="--rename"
                                fi
 
-                               dpkg-divert --package bfh-container --quiet 
--add "${RENAME_FLAG}" --divert "/usr/lib/container/divert/${FILE}.orig" 
"/usr/sbin/${FILE}"
-                       fi
-
-                       # DEP17 M18 duplicated diversion, can be removed after 
trixie.
-                       if [ "${TRUENAME_ALIAS}" = "/sbin/${FILE}" ]
-                       then
                                dpkg-divert --package bfh-container --quiet 
--add "${RENAME_FLAG}" --divert 
"/lib/container/divert/${FILE}.orig.usr-is-merged" "/sbin/${FILE}"
                        elif [ "${TRUENAME_ALIAS}" != 
"/lib/container/divert/${FILE}.orig.usr-is-merged" ]
                        then
+                               # Change the diversion target. Must be done 
before adding the canonicalized diversion below.
                                dpkg-divert --package bfh-container --quiet 
--remove --no-rename "/sbin/${FILE}"
                                dpkg-divert --package bfh-container --quiet 
--add --no-rename --divert "/lib/container/divert/${FILE}.orig.usr-is-merged" 
"/sbin/${FILE}"
 
@@ -36,6 +32,10 @@
                                        mv "${TRUENAME_ALIAS}" 
"/lib/container/divert/${FILE}.orig.usr-is-merged"
                                fi
                        fi
+
+                       # We may rename unconditionally here. If the file is 
aliased, the earlier --rename will have moved it.
+                       dpkg-divert --package bfh-container --quiet --add 
--rename --divert "/usr/lib/container/divert/${FILE}.orig" "/usr/sbin/${FILE}"
+
                done
 
                for FILE in pm-hibernate pm-suspend pm-suspend-hybrid
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
                        if [ "${TRUENAME_USR}" = 
"/lib/container/divert/${FILE}.orig" ]
                        then
+                               # Update diversion target from aliased to 
canonical.
                                dpkg-divert --package bfh-container --quiet 
--remove --no-rename "/usr/sbin/${FILE}"
                                dpkg-divert --package bfh-container --quiet 
--add --no-rename --divert "/usr/lib/container/divert/${FILE}.orig" 
"/usr/sbin/${FILE}"
                        else
diff --minimal -Nru bfh-metapackages-20211009/debian/changelog 
bfh-metapackages-20211009/debian/changelog
--- bfh-metapackages-20211009/debian/changelog  2024-12-12 18:07:25.000000000 
+0100
+++ bfh-metapackages-20211009/debian/changelog  2025-01-13 12:35:28.000000000 
+0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+bfh-metapackages (20211009-31.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Fix --rename flags on duplicated diversions (DEP17 M18, Closes: #-1)
+
+ -- Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de>  Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:35:28 +0100
+
 bfh-metapackages (20211009-31) sid; urgency=medium
 
   * Uploading to sid.

Attachment: test-bfh.sh
Description: Bourne shell script

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