From: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:02:41 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: Do not attempt to divert a conffile.
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a4a0c387c650eee2379166b785a68415e6b6e823

Do not attempt to divert a conffile.

Future version of dpkg will better support diversion of conffiles.  At that
time, this warning can be removed.

Closes: #703022
---

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 1390cf4..5678214 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -12047,6 +12047,11 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 	there is a time, after it has been diverted but before
 	<prgn>dpkg</prgn> has installed the new version, when the file
 	does not exist.</p>
+
+      <p>
+	Do not attempt to divert a conffile, as <prgn>dpkg</prgn> does not
+	handle it well.
+      </p>
     </appendix>
 
   </book>