Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.7.3.0
Severity: minor
In "Appendix G - Diversions - overriding a package's version of a file (from
old Packaging Manual)", there's some misleading explanations on dpkg-divert
preferred use in presint scriptsi (as I understand it, this is not related to
policy itself, as it lies in the appendix, so this issue should be easily fixed
?).
The following example is provided with a sentence which seems erronous to me
ATM :
if [ install = "$1" ]; then
dpkg-divert --package smailwrapper --add --rename \
--divert /usr/sbin/smail.real /usr/sbin/smail
fi
Testing $1 is necessary so that the script doesn't try to add the
diversion again when smailwrapper is upgraded.
IMHO, whenever a package introduces a diversion for the first time, whereas
previous versions of the package may have been installed, there's a need to add
the diversion on upgrade too.
Running dpkg-divert twice in a row with the same arguments doesn't harm, at the
moment from the tests I've done on a "testing" system.
Maybe this used to be different in ancient times and diverting several times
would lead to chaos ?
So I suggest that the example is changed to something like :
case "$1" in
install|upgrade)
dpkg-divert --package smailwrapper --add --rename \
--divert /usr/sbin/smail.real /usr/sbin/smail
;;
without further explanations by removing the sentence in question.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-openvz-24-004.1d1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
-- no debconf information
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
