From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:16:23 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Forbid dpkg-divert --local in package maintainer scripts
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=75602de7c34fec0ad8c99c64a674ce79d1ae6d90;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

Forbid dpkg-divert --local in package maintainer scripts

State that package maintainer scripts must use --package and must
not use --local when invoking dpkg-divert.
---

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 9fe7158..587a6b2 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1214,9 +1214,11 @@
 	</p>
 
 	<p>
-	  You should not use <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> on a file
-	  belonging to another package without consulting the
-	  maintainer of that package first.
+	  You should not use <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> on a file belonging
+	  to another package without consulting the maintainer of that
+	  package first.  Package maintainer scripts must provide
+	  the <tt>--package</tt> flag to <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> and must
+	  not use <tt>--local</tt>.
 	</p>
 
 	<p>