Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-05-24 Severity: wishlist * Package name : debdivert * URL : http://www.some.org/ License : GPL Description : Debian packaging aid to create patch packages
This package aims to create packages which replace files of another package. If you want to create some tuned packages based on another debian package and if chagnes of your tuned packages are only few files of the package, then your tuned packages would consist of only these few files and share other files with its original packages. This package is considered as patch package to these original packages. . You can create packages which simply overwrite files of another package easily, and also create diversion-enabled packages, that is, these original files which are changed by your tuned packages will be diverted before installing yours and will be recovered after removing yours automatically. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux vass.taru.net 2.4.20-686 #1 Mon Jan 13 22:22:30 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=ja_JP.eucJP, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.eucJP