>>>>> "Thorsten" == Thorsten Glaser <[email protected]> writes:
Thorsten> On Wed, 25 Sep 2019, Mark Hindley wrote:
>> libelogind0 can be coninstalled with libsystemd0. However, it is
>> fragile because the file that needs to be diverted out of the way
>> is libsystemd.so.0.26.0 (the actual library file, not a symlink)
>> otherwise ldconfig will still find it and create
>> symlinks. However, AFAICS dpkg-divert doesn't accept wildcards
>> and so if the minor soversion is bumped and a new version of
>> libsystemd0 is installed, the new file is installed without a
>> divert and ldconfig redirects the symlink.
Thorsten> dpkg-divert also has a small period in which neither is
Thorsten> available. I don’t like this approach.
Is that only when adding a diversion or when upgrading a diverted file
each time?