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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 18:35:28 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 18:35:28 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1.22.4.upstream/1.22.4
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/dpkg-divert.pod b/man/dpkg-divert.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3985657 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/dpkg-divert.pod @@ -0,0 +1,262 @@ +# dpkg manual page - dpkg-divert(1) +# +# 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, 2015-2018 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 +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +dpkg-divert - override a package's version of a file + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<dpkg-divert> +[I<option>...] +I<command> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +B<dpkg-divert> +is the utility used to set up and update the list of diversions. + +File I<diversions> are a way of forcing +L<dpkg(1)> +not to install a file into its +location, but to a I<diverted> location. +Diversions can be used through the package maintainer 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 B<dpkg>, when installing a newer version of a package which +contains those files. + +=head1 COMMANDS + +=over + +=item [B<--add>] I<file> + +Add a diversion for I<file>. +The file is currently not renamed, see B<--rename>. + +=item B<--remove> I<file> + +Remove a diversion for I<file>. +The file is currently not renamed, see B<--rename>. + +=item B<--list> [I<glob-pattern>] + +List all diversions, or ones matching I<glob-pattern>. + +=item B<--listpackage> I<file> + +Print the name of the package that diverts I<file> (since dpkg 1.15.0). +Prints LOCAL if +I<file> is locally diverted and nothing if I<file> is not diverted. + +=item B<--truename> I<file> + +Print the real name for a diverted file. + +=back + +=head1 OPTIONS + +=over + +=item B<--admindir> I<directory> + +Set the administrative directory to I<directory>. +Defaults to «I<%ADMINDIR%>» if B<DPKG_ADMINDIR> has not been set. + +=item B<--instdir> I<directory> + +Set the installation directory, which refers to the directory where +packages get installed (since dpkg 1.19.2). +Defaults to «I</>» if B<DPKG_ROOT> has not been set. + +=item B<--root> I<directory> + +Set the root directory to B<directory>, which sets the installation +directory to «I<directory>» and the administrative +directory to «I<directory>B<%ADMINDIR%>» (since dpkg 1.19.2) +if B<DPKG_ROOT> has not been set. + +=item B<--divert> I<divert-to> + +I<divert-to> is the location where the versions of I<file>, as +provided by other packages, will be diverted. + +=item B<--local> + +Specifies that all packages' versions of this file are diverted. +This means, that there are no exceptions, and whatever package is installed, +the file is diverted. +This can be used by an admin to install a locally +modified version. + +=item B<--package> I<package> + +I<package> is the name of a package whose copy of I<file> will not +be diverted. +i.e. I<file> will be diverted for all packages except +I<package>. + +=item B<--quiet> + +Quiet mode, i.e. no verbose output. + +=item B<--rename> + +Actually move the file aside (or back). +B<dpkg-divert> will abort operation +in case the destination file already exists. +This is the common behavior used for diversions of files from the +non-B<Essential> package set (see B<--no-rename> for more details). + +=item 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 B<Essential> 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, but that will change in the dpkg 1.20.x cycle. + +=item B<--test> + +Test mode, i.e. don't actually perform any changes, just demonstrate. + +=item B<-?>, B<--help> + +Show the usage message and exit. + +=item B<--version> + +Show the version and exit. + +=back + +=head1 EXIT STATUS + +=over + +=item B<0> + +The requested action was successfully performed. + +=item B<2> + +Fatal or unrecoverable error due to invalid command-line usage, or +interactions with the system, such as accesses to the database, +memory allocations, etc. + +=back + +=head1 ENVIRONMENT + +=over + +=item B<DPKG_ROOT> + +If set and the B<--instdir> or B<--root> options have not been +specified, it will be used as the filesystem root directory +(since dpkg 1.19.2). + +=item B<DPKG_ADMINDIR> + +If set and the B<--admindir> or B<--root> options have not been +specified, it will be used as the B<dpkg> data directory. + +=item B<DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE> + +If set and the B<--local> and B<--package> options have not been +specified, B<dpkg-divert> will use it as the package name. + +=item B<DPKG_DEBUG> + +Sets the debug mask (since dpkg 1.21.10) from an octal value. +The currently accepted flags are described in the B<dpkg --debug> option, +but not all these flags might have an effect on this program. + +=item B<DPKG_COLORS> + +Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5). +The currently accepted values are: B<auto> (default), B<always> and +B<never>. + +=back + +=head1 FILES + +=over + +=item I<%ADMINDIR%/diversions> + +File which contains the current list of diversions of the system. +It is +located in the B<dpkg> administration directory, along with other files +important to B<dpkg>, such as I<status> or I<available>. + +B<Note>: B<dpkg-divert> preserves the old copy of this file, with extension +I<-old>, before replacing it with the new one. + +=back + +=head1 NOTES + +When adding, default is B<--local> and B<--divert> +I<original>B<.distrib>. +When removing, B<--package> or +B<--local> and B<--divert> must match if specified. + +Directories can't be diverted with B<dpkg-divert>. + +Care should be taken when diverting shared libraries, L<ldconfig(8)> +creates a symbolic link based on the DT_SONAME field embedded in the library. +Because B<ldconfig> does not honor diverts (only B<dpkg> does), +the symlink may end up pointing at the diverted library, if a diverted +library has the same SONAME as the undiverted one. + +=head1 EXAMPLES + +To divert all copies of a I</usr/bin/example> to I</usr/bin/example.foo>, +i.e. directs all packages providing I</usr/bin/example> to install it as +I</usr/bin/example.foo>, performing the rename if required: + + dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/example.foo --rename /usr/bin/example + +To remove that diversion: + + dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/example + +To divert any package trying to install I</usr/bin/example> to +I</usr/bin/example.foo>, except your own I<wibble> package: + + dpkg-divert --package wibble --divert /usr/bin/example.foo \ + --rename /usr/bin/example + +To remove that diversion: + + dpkg-divert --package wibble --rename --remove /usr/bin/example + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dpkg(1)>. |