Package: lintian Version: 2.2.7 Severity: important Hi,
E: openoffice.org-qa-tools: remove-of-unknown-diversion usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.0/presets/basic/Standard/script.xlb postrm:102 N: N: The maintainer script removes a diversion that it didn't add. If you're N: cleaning up unnecessary diversions from older versions of the package, N: remove them in preinst or postinst instead of waiting for postrm to do N: it. N: N: Severity: important, Certainty: certain N: E: openoffice.org-qa-tools: orphaned-diversion usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.0/presets/basic/Standard/script.xlb preinst N: N: A diversion was added for the file, but not removed. This means your N: package doesn't restore the previous state after removal. N: N: Severity: important, Certainty: certain N: Let's look at the files: --- snip --- #!/bin/sh # postrm script for openoffice.org-qa-tools THIS_PACKAGE=openoffice.org-qa-tools THIS_SCRIPT=postrm set -e #INCLUDE_SHELL_LIB# case "$1" in remove) dpkg-divert --package $THIS_PACKAGE --remove --rename --divert \ /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.0/presets/basic/Standard/script.xlb.no-smoketest \ /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.0/presets/basic/Standard/script.xlb ;; esac #DEBHELPER# exit 0 --- snip -- --- snip --- #!/bin/sh # preinst script for openoffice.org-qa-tools THIS_PACKAGE=openoffice.org-qa-tools THIS_SCRIPT=preinst set -e #INCLUDE_SHELL_LIB# case "$1" in install|upgrade) dpkg-divert --package $THIS_PACKAGE --add --rename --divert \ /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.0/presets/basic/Standard/script.xlb.no-smoketest \ /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.0/presets/basic/Standard/script.xlb ;; esac #DEBHELPER# exit 0 --- snip --- This both is *exactly* what is written in policy, Appendix E. (well, except if test -> case) -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.19.1-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii diffstat 1.46-1 produces graph of changes introduc ii dpkg-dev 1.14.25 Debian package development tools ii file 4.26-2 Determines file type using "magic" ii gettext 0.17-6 GNU Internationalization utilities ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf ii libipc-run-perl 0.82-1 Perl module for running processes ii libparse-debianchangel 1.1.1-2 parse Debian changelogs and output ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii liburi-perl 1.37+dfsg-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin ii man-db 2.5.4-1 on-line manual pager ii perl [libdigest-sha-pe 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction lintian recommends no packages. Versions of packages lintian suggests: pn binutils-multiarch <none> (no description available) ii libtext-template-perl 1.44-1.2 Text::Template perl module ii man-db 2.5.4-1 on-line manual pager -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org