Re: proposal - Debian laptop package/distribution
Is there a decent FAQ about diversions anywhere?
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> On 02-Sep-99 Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > On Wednesday 1 September 1999, at 10 h 56, the keyboard of "Sean 'Shaleh'
> > Perry" <shaleh@valinux.com> wrote:
> >
> >> > No, with Debian's diversions, it is very easy.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Diversions are pure evil.
> >
> > Could you elaborate? I find them very useful and well-done, and I will
> > certainly not be convinced by name-calling like that.
> >
>
> My problem is the diversion mechanism and the fact that few people understand
> it. Add to that the fact of update being the app diverted and I become a tad
> concerned. Also, diversions only work on single files. Not symlinks, not
> directories. So they are not a solution for everything.
>
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