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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       dpkg-divert -- override a package's version of a file

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       dpkg-divert [options] [--add] <file>
       dpkg-divert [options] --remove <file>
       dpkg-divert   [options]	--list	<glob-pattern>	dpkg-divert  [options]
       --truename <file>

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       File `diversions' are a way of forcing dpkg not to install a file  into
       its  location,  but  to	a  `diverted' location. Diversions can be used
       through the Debian package scripts to move a file away when it causes a
       conflict.  System administrators can also use it to override some package's
 configuration file, or whenever some files (which	aren't	marked
       as  'conffiles')  need to be preserved by dpkg, when installing a newer
       version of a package which contains those files.

       dpkg-divert is the utility used to set up and update the list of diversions.
  It functions in three basic modes - adding, removing, and listing
 diversions.	The options are --add, --remove, and  --list,  respectively.
	Additionally,  it  can	print out the real name for a diverted
       file. Other options (listed below) may also be specified.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       --admindir <directory>
	      Set  the	dpkg   data   directory   to   <directory>   (default:
	      /var/lib/dpkg).

       --divert <divert-to>
	      <divert-to> is the name used by other packages' versions.

       --help Output  the  version  and the short usage instructions, and exit
	      successfully.

       --local
	      Specifies that all packages' versions are diverted.

       --package <package>
	      <package> is the name of a package whose copy of <file> will not
	      be diverted.

       --quiet
	      Quiet mode, i.e. no verbose output.

       --rename
	      Actually	move  the file aside (or back). dpkg-divert will abort
	      operation in case the destination file already exists.

       --test Test mode, i.e. don't actually perform any changes, just	demonstrate.


       --version
	      Output program name and version and exit successfully.

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

       When  adding, default is --local and --divert <original>.distrib.  When
       removing, --package or --local and --divert must match if specified.
       Directories can't be diverted with dpkg-divert.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       /var/lib/dpkg/diversions
	      File which contains the current list of diversions of  the  system.
  It	is located in the dpkg administration directory, along
	      with other files important to dpkg, such as `status' or  `available'.

	      Note:  dpkg-divert  preserves  the  old  copy of this file, with
	      extension "-old", before replacing it with the new one.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
       dpkg(8).

       Please read the Debian Packaging Manual,  section  11.,	"Diversions  -
       overriding a package's version of a file" for more information.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 1995 Ian Jackson.

       This  is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or
       later for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty.



Debian Project			 December 1999			DPKG-DIVERT(8)
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