Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.1.0 Severity: minor The example provided in Appendix G of the DPM regarding the removal of diversions doesn't work if the file diverted is a conffile. This is due to the fact that conffiles are not removed during a "remove", but but only during a "purge". As a "purge" implies a "remove" beforehand (the postrm script is called twice), the example will fail even on a "purge" with dpkg-divert refusing to clobber the existing conffile.
IMO a footnote should be added alerting the user to this fact and providing a solution for this special case (use "purge" instead of "remove" as the first test). Greetings from Karlsruhe, =ToJe= -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.7 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash debian-policy depends on no packages. debian-policy recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-policy suggests: pn doc-base <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- 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/20130314100334.17739.65581.report...@finch.ipv6.datentrampelpfad.de