Control: reassign -1 firefox,firefox-esr Control: retitle -1 firefox: Usage of diversions disallows more than two installed implementations Control: severity -1 wishlist
Hi! On Wed, 2017-05-03 at 18:48:34 -0700, Joshua wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.18.23 > Severity: normal > * What led up to the situation? > > firefox-esr has a diversion of /usr/bin/firefox; and package firefox-esr > must be installed for dependency resolution; however I actually need > to use a package of firefox that doesn't have a .dpkg > > So I try dpkg-divert /usr/bin/firefox > > Nope! (If the suggestions below end up not being accepted, then you could simply use your local firefox, and create a dummy package to fulfill dependencies with something like equivs.) > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > > All variants of dpkg-divert that remotely made sense to try. > > I tried reading the source code to determine if I could safely knock > the check out. This was inconclusive as I don't understand it well enough > to tell what would happen. The problem is that diversion are not stackable, so only a couple of packages providing the same pathname can be installed at the same time, if there's need for more then those should be using alternatives for example. > * What was the outcome of this action? > > Frustration. > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > let go of /usr/bin/firefox so I could add symlink > /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/local/lib/firefox/firefox That's something for the firefox maintainers to decide. Thanks, Guillem
