rpm-divert

rpm-divert is a replacement for dpkg-divert for non-Debian based systems.

It's terribly hacky, and you shouldn't use it if your package manager supports some sort of diversions mechanisms (like dpkg does).

rpm-divert doesn't support local diversions. Every diversion must be linked to a package (which is not actually checked in the package manager database, so it can be bogus).

Diversions aren't applied right away, but should be executed via the apply/unapply commands. This allows usage from RPM triggers to keep a consistent system while upgrading the packages touched by the diversions.

Usage

usage: rpm-divert.py [-h] {add,remove,apply,unapply,list} ...

positional arguments:
  {add,remove,apply,unapply,list}
	add                 adds a diversion
	remove              removes a diversion
	apply               applies the diversions
	unapply             unapplies the diversions
	list                lists applied diversions

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

add

usage: rpm-divert.py add [-h] [--action ACTION] [--replacement REPLACEMENT]
						 package source diversion

positional arguments:
  package               the package where to link the diversion
  source                the file to divert
  diversion             the diversion (i.e. the file source is renamed to)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --action ACTION, -a ACTION
						The action, currently 'symlink' or 'nothing'. Defaults
						to 'nothing'
  --replacement REPLACEMENT, -r REPLACEMENT
						The replacement file to symlink to source. Used only
						if --action=symlink

remove

usage: rpm-divert.py remove [-h] package source

positional arguments:
  package     the package where to link the diversion
  source      the file to divert

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit

apply

usage: rpm-divert.py apply [-h] [--package PACKAGE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --package PACKAGE, -p PACKAGE
						the package to process. If omitted, every diversion is
						applied.

unapply

usage: rpm-divert.py unapply [-h] [--package PACKAGE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --package PACKAGE, -p PACKAGE
						the package to process. If omitted, every diversion is
						unapplied.

list

usage: rpm-divert.py list [-h] [--package PACKAGE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --package PACKAGE, -p PACKAGE
						the package to process. If omitted, every diversion is
						listed.