Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.16.6 Severity: normal While testing a script that invokes dpkg-divert, I wound up with some diversions with errors in them, which dpkg-divert seems unable to remove. It seems that --add and --remove are not symmetrical (which may be the real issue here, i.e. bug #160848); for example:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo dpkg-divert --add /just/total/garbage Adding `local diversion of /just/total/garbage to /just/total/garbage.distrib' [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo dpkg-divert --remove /just/total/garbage Removing `local diversion of /just/total/garbage to /just/total/garbage.distrib' dpkg-divert: error checking `/just/total/garbage': No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ A glance at the man page offers no obvious options which will allow me to remove this diversion, leaving me either to manually make the directory with the typo in it, or to manually edit the diversions database. Both of those seem like very silly options. It would be best IMHO if dpkg-divert would make these operations symmetrical with respect to diversions of files in directories which never existed; it would be a fine alternative for me if there were a documented way to remove faulty diversions (other then the obvious and silly way of making a dummy directory and file). Thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 6.10-3 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dpkg recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
