Re: [PATCH] Debian packaging for 0.99.4

From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date: Aug 12, 2005, 08:34 UTC
Message-ID: <pan.2005.08.12.08.34.45.679778@smurf.noris.de>
In-Reply-To: <42FBCD73.3090507@chandlerfamily.org.uk>

Hi, Alan Chandler wrote:

> Not sure I understand the proper use of dpkg-divert in Debian, but could 
> _this_ git-core package perhaps ask the user which set of the two 
> packages he wish to keep as git command and use dpkg-divert to change 
> the other to another name to some other name?

IIRC, that's against Policy too, because different users on the system might have different expectations WRT which git is git.

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