Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com> writes: > One can use Provides to give dpkg assurances that the upgrade will > work. Conceptually this use of Provides differs from virtual > packages. The idea is that the new tetex packages should provide > the old TeX packages so dpkg will allow the old tex packages to be > replaced. Huh? Where did you get the idea that dselect works in this fashion? Guy