Hello, On Tue, 29 Nov 2016, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote: > Currently, our main idea is to create a suricata-hyperscan package > which includes the dependency to hyperscan, and the binary is build > linked to the library. > > We distribute two /usr/bin/suricata binaries in two binary packages: > * suricata, without hyperscan > * suricata-hyperscan, with hyperscan > > Then, we conflict the packages with each other and dpkg-divert the > /usr/bin/suricata file in suricata-hyperscan.
If both packages conflict with each other, then you don't need dpkg-divert. And dpkg-divert is mainly useful when you want to replace a file that is not under your own control, otherwise using the alternatives system is usually preferred. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: http://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: http://debian-handbook.info/get/
