Re: Suggesting new method to handle dpkg diversions

Goswin von Brederlow writes ("Suggesting new method to handle dpkg diversions"): > What if each package could list all its current diversions in > DEBIAN/diverions (i.e. in the control.tar.gz)? This is in principle a good idea. It does need thinking about quite carefully to make

Re: Suggesting new method to handle dpkg diversions

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:20:47AM -0600, Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [keeping debian-devel CC, this seems to still be relevant] > > [Goswin von Brederlow] > > What if each package could list all its current diversions in > > DEBIAN/diverions (i.e. in the control.tar.gz)? Upon

Re: Suggesting new method to handle dpkg diversions

[keeping debian-devel CC, this seems to still be relevant] [Goswin von Brederlow] > What if each package could list all its current diversions in > DEBIAN/diverions (i.e. in the control.tar.gz)? Upon install dpkg > would then add those diversions to its list and removed them on > deinstall. Durin

Suggesting new method to handle dpkg diversions

Hi, I'm CCing debian-devel because many developers might have run into diversion troubles and might be intrested in this but aren't subscribed on debian-dpkg. Please reply only there. Have you ever used dpkg-divert in a package? Ever run into the problem how to properly remove a diversion on upg