On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 07:09:14PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 02:10:45AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > (What is the problem with --rename, btw? I'm curious, and dpkg-divert is > > horribly underdocumented) > >From dpkg-divert --help: > --rename causes dpkg-divert to actually move the file aside (or back). > There's no reason to remove the /bin/sh link. By default, dpkg-divert > will divert the effect of future installs without touching the target > file.
Oh, okay. Yeah, that works too --- I was concerned that not moving the link might make dpkg-divert --remove rm the original, or die, or something equally strange. One benefit always moving it has, is that it tests all code paths on upgrade (including the "add a /bin/sh symlink") which makes it more likely to catch any bugs while we're still working on potato. I don't see how this makes --rename a `Very Bad Thing', though. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. PGP encrypted mail preferred. ``The thing is: trying to be too generic is EVIL. It's stupid, it results in slower code, and it results in more bugs.'' -- Linus Torvalds
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