On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 06:59:11PM +0000, Cousin Stanley wrote:
> Greetings ....
>
> If I move installed files from their original
> apt-get install target locations, is there a
> a simple way to redirect the package managers
> to cope with these path changes for future
> updates/upgrades of a particular package ?
>
> For example, I've installed the python2.3-qt3 package
> under Debian/Sarge and moved all of the associated files
> into a NEW dir within the /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages dir
> and added a necessary .pth file to compliment the python
> search rules ....
>
> So far, this seems to function as expected in the python/qt zone,
> e.g., all of the python/qt demos still work, but I'm wondering
> how to deal with future updates/upgrades ....
man dpkg-divert
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