On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 01:01:03 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > > $ dpkg-divert --list "*ack*" > > local diversion of /usr/bin/ack-grep to /usr/bin/ack > ^^^^^ > ... which backs my assumption that a _local_ diversion (i.e. none made > by a package) is the cause.
That's my interpretation as well. > I tend to close this issue as invalid/wontfix since the cause is a > local (common(*) but so far unsupported) modification of the package. > IMHO it has nothing to do with the package itself. > > But I'd like to hear comments from others from others (especially the > Debian Perl Team and the Release Team) first, too. I agree with the wontfix+close. > If they agree, I can imagine to add a diversion detection and then > removal to ack-grep's preinst script despite the package never used a > diversion. But I'm a) unsure if it's ok for a package to remove a > _local_ diversion, and Hm; rather not. Maybe a warning might be ok. > b) if it's a good idea to introduce such a > change that late in the freeze. Probably not. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: J.J. Cale: River Runs Deep
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