On Tue, 14 Feb 2012, Marvin Renich wrote: > I thought Goswin's suggestion in [1] of having dpkg use implicit > diversions has merit and deserves further scrutiny.
I don't. diversions support 2 packages, the "diverted" one and the "diverting" one. Multi-Arch: same must support co-installation of any number of packages. So you can't reuse the existing logic without heavy modifications. And changing the destination path at installation time is not a good idea. What if the package really requires that specific version of the file at the indicated path ? We will have configured the package as if everything went fine when in fact it did not. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120214153350.gd14...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
