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@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ dpkg-divert -- override a package's version of a file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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File `diversions' are a way of forcing dpkg not to install a file into its
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location, but to a `diverted' location. Diversions can be used through the
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-package maintainer scripts to move a file away when it causes a conflict.
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-System administrators can also use it to override some package's
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-configuration file, or whenever some files (which aren't marked as
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-'conffiles') need to be preserved by dpkg, when installing a newer version
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-of a package which contains those files.
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+Debian package scripts to move a file away when it causes a conflict. System
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+administrators can also use it to override some package's configuration
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+file, or whenever some files (which aren't marked as 'conffiles') need to be
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+preserved by dpkg, when installing a newer version of a package which
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+contains those files.
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.sp
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.B dpkg-divert
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is the utility used to set up and update the list of diversions. It
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