Bug#273093: Unpredictable behavior when two packages want to divert the same file

2012-07-18 Thread Frank Kuester
Russ Allbery writes: > Jonathan Nieder writes: > >> To be clear, which of the following is this report proposing? > >> * Packages should not divert a file unless that file is "divertable". >>To make a file divertable, the maintainer of the package shipping >>it adds a comment to debian/

Bug#273093: Unpredictable behavior when two packages want to divert the same file

2012-07-18 Thread Russ Allbery
Jonathan Nieder writes: > To be clear, which of the following is this report proposing? > * Packages diverting the same file should conflict. My understanding of what Guillem said is that we should say this. You can't actually have two different diversions of the same file at the same time, s

Bug#273093: Unpredictable behavior when two packages want to divert the same file

2012-07-18 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, In 2004, Frank Küster wrote: > And while we're at it, and a copy goes to debian-policy@l.d.o, > > , > | You should not use `dpkg-divert' on a file belonging to another > | package without consulting the maintainer of that package first. > ` > > Not only that a warning about