> I don't know what policy/lintian say about dpkg-divert invocations though.
Policy has no problem; lintian stands no more chance of grokking dpkg- divert invocations than developers do. :P > This is how I re-created the situation to test. I don't know if it covers > all the possible situations that machines can be in. There may be other cases not handled, but I can confirm that your proposed fix for this issue is logically correct (including the rm /usr/bin/screen). ** Changed in: byobu (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727738 Title: dpkg keeps diversions for removed packages -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs