Hi, In 2004, Frank Küster wrote:
> And while we're at it, and a copy goes to debian-policy@l.d.o, > > ,---- > | You should not use `dpkg-divert' on a file belonging to another > | package without consulting the maintainer of that package first. > `---- > > Not only that a warning about multiple diversions is missing here: > This should be noted down somewhere in the source package. There are > NMUs, packages are orphaned etc., and information like this can easily > be lost. To be clear, which of the following is this report proposing? * Maintainer scripts must pass "--package" to dpkg-divert when creating or removing diversions and must not use "--local" (documented in 2010). * Packages diverting the same file should conflict. * Packages should not divert a file unless that file is "divertable". To make a file divertable, the maintainer of the package shipping it adds a comment to debian/control mentioning the filename and which packages are allowed to divert it. * Something else (?) Thanks and hope that helps, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120718203306.GA13423@burratino
