Re: some thoughts about package refences in the info files
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 09:18:51AM +0200, Tepperis-von der Ohe, Michael wrote:
> hi folks,
>
> Package: muttprint
> ...
> Enhances: mail-reader, news-reader
>
> a package 'news-reader' does not exist
News-reader is a virtual package, which is provided by a number of
packages, for example tin provides news-reader:
$ apt-cache show tin
Package: tin
Priority: optional
...
Version: 1:1.9.6~20100522-1
Provides: news-reader
You should fix your database to handle virtual packages.
Cheers,
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