This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 3.30-0ubuntu1
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byobu (3.30-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low
[ Dustin Kirkland ]
* usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop: fix description
* usr/bin/byobu-status-detail: make a couple of minor modifications
noticed while investigating
Okay, I thought I had fixed this correctly before, with the sunsetting
of the screen-profiles package.
Evidently that was wrong.
Can someone clearly explain to me what needs to be done in byobu at this
point to fix this? Do I need to resurrect a screen-profiles binary
package to force the
Since dpkg-divert takes a package name as an arg, you should not need
the other binary package. I don't know what policy/lintian say about
dpkg-divert invocations though.
First, remove this from the postinst:
# The target of the diversion somehow disappeared which will cause
# the divert removal
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
Thank you very much Chaskiel! And you, Steve for the review.
I'll try to squeeze this into Natty, as I think this is an important fix
for an annoying issue that creeps up from time to time.
** Changed in: byobu (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged = In Progress
** Changed in: byobu (Ubuntu)
** Branch linked: lp:byobu
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Title:
dpkg keeps diversions for removed packages
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So, it seems that this was caused by an incorrect fix for 390808 in
byobu:
* debian/postinst, debian/screen-profiles.postinst: ensure that
/usr/bin/screen doesn't disappear, which causes the dpkg-divert
removal to fail; LP: #390808
But just the opposite is true. dpkg-divert fails *if*
sorry, but dpkg-divert only does what it's told here. This screen-
profiles package was responsible for removing /usr/bin/screen on package
removal; nothing dpkg can do when a package decides to leave one around.
Reassigning to byobu which provided screen-profiles.
** Package changed: dpkg
