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| author | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2018-04-02 16:33:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2018-05-03 02:14:14 +0200 |
| commit | ca90fbfa7c020bc92cdec9f3b2cad9076626f7a0 (patch) | |
| tree | 2cf702d9c9a6e253d2aa9eb162f8dcca6864451c /man/dpkg-divert.man | |
| parent | 64fca5b2fc9b12d5971453d62bef439132b78d42 (diff) | |
| download | dpkg-ca90fbfa7c020bc92cdec9f3b2cad9076626f7a0.tar.gz | |
dpkg-divert: Add new --no-rename option
Document its intended usage and how it differs from --rename.
This will make it possible to do a behavior switch during the 1.20.x
release cycle.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/dpkg-divert.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/dpkg-divert.man | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/dpkg-divert.man b/man/dpkg-divert.man index c9d7e1ce7..48fcc0c93 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-divert.man +++ b/man/dpkg-divert.man @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" Copyright © 1995 Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> .\" Copyright © 1999 Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org> .\" Copyright © 2004 Scott James Remnant <keybuk@debian.org> -.\" Copyright © 2007-2013, 2015 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> +.\" Copyright © 2007-2013, 2015-2018 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> .\" .\" This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ Quiet mode, i.e. no verbose output. .B \-\-rename Actually move the file aside (or back). \fBdpkg\-divert\fP will abort operation in case the destination file already exists. +This is the common behavior used for diversions of files from the +non-\fBEssential\fP package set (see \fB\-\-no\-rename\fP for more details). +.TP +.B \-\-no\-rename +Specifies that the file should not be renamed while adding or removing the +diversion into the database (since dpkg 1.19.1). +This is intended for diversions of files from the \fBEssential\fP package set, +where the temporary disappearance of the original file is not acceptable, as +it can render the system non-functional. +This is the default behavior. .TP .B \-\-test Test mode, i.e. don't actually perform any changes, just demonstrate. |