* Richard W.M. Jones: > I'm really unclear even after reading the dpkg-divert man page what > dpkg-divert does. Is it designed so that package B can move package > A's files around?
If the local administrator or package B's preinst script have registered a diversion for one of package A's files, they an alternative implementation for that file -- or a wrapper script in the case of executables. Renaming of the file takes effect immediately if dpkg-divert is called with --rename or when package A is upgraded. (I use this feature for a local modification to my build chroots that calls dpkg using the eatmydata wrapper.) I think that the description in https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-diversions.html is better than the manpage. > Is it possible for the dpkg supermin plugin to simply change ft_path > when it detects that the original file has been diverted? Wouldn't the diverted filename then be used in the ext2 or chroot building code? Cheers, -Hilko _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
