Package: zutils Version: 1.11-5 Severity: normal Usertags: warnings Installing zutils results in some warnings from dpkg-divert, it sounds like the dpkg-divert rename option should not be used for diverting essential packages, since it means the binaries disappear temporarily.
I'm not sure what the right solution is, but at a guess, copy the gzip version to its diverted name, let dpkg unpack the zutils version over the gzip version and then add the diversion to the dpkg database. $ sudo apt install zutils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: zutils 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded. Need to get 508 kB of archives. After this operation, 4,699 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 https://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 zutils amd64 1.11-5 [508 kB] Fetched 508 kB in 2s (293 kB/s) Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done Selecting previously unselected package zutils. (Reading database ... 685697 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../zutils_1.11-5_amd64.deb ... dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/bin/zcat' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/usr/share/man/man1/zcat.1.gz' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/bin/zcmp' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/usr/share/man/man1/zcmp.1.gz' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/bin/zdiff' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/usr/share/man/man1/zdiff.1.gz' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/bin/zegrep' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/usr/share/man/man1/zegrep.1.gz' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/bin/zfgrep' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/usr/share/man/man1/zfgrep.1.gz' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/bin/zgrep' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/usr/share/man/man1/zgrep.1.gz' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename Unpacking zutils (1.11-5) ... Setting up zutils (1.11-5) ... Processing triggers for install-info (6.8-6) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ... $ dpkg-divert --help | grep rename --rename actually move the file aside (or back). --no-rename do not move the file aside (or back) (default). $ export COLUMNS=80 ; man dpkg-divert | grep -A7 -- -rename$ --rename Actually move the file aside (or back). dpkg-divert will abort operation in case the destination file already exists. This is the common behavior used for diversions of files from the non-Essential package set (see --no-rename for more details). --no-rename Specifies that the file should not be renamed while adding or removing the diversion into the database (since dpkg 1.19.1). This is intended for diversions of files from the Essential package set, where the temporary disappearance of the original file is not acceptable, as it can render the system non-functional. This is the default behavior, but that will change in the dpkg 1.20.x cycle. -- System Information: Debian Release: bookworm/sid APT prefers testing-debug APT policy: (900, 'testing-debug'), (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable-debug'), (800, 'unstable'), (790, 'buildd-unstable'), (700, 'experimental-debug'), (700, 'experimental'), (690, 'buildd-experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.18.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages zutils depends on: ii libc6 2.34-3 ii libgcc-s1 12.1.0-8 ii libstdc++6 12.1.0-8 Versions of packages zutils recommends: ii bzip2 1.0.8-5 ii lzip 1.23-4 ii xz-utils 5.2.5-2.1 ii zstd 1.5.2+dfsg-1 zutils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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