From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 17:29:57 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: dpkg-divert --package is only required when adding or removing
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc8e3f12ea69e3a827d5e156d8e5f1562ab310d3;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

dpkg-divert --package is only required when adding or removing
---

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 587a6b2..c7f2a4e 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1216,9 +1216,9 @@
 	<p>
 	  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>.
+	  package first.  When adding or removing diversions, package
+	  maintainer scripts must provide the <tt>--package</tt> flag
+	  to <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> and must not use <tt>--local</tt>.
 	</p>
 
 	<p>