Self-conflicts and self-depends

[Fabio Tranchitella <kobold@debian.org>]

Hello,

  I've noticed that some packages conflict or depend on themself. As far
as I know, this makes no sense and the dependency (of conflict) should
be removed, but I prefer to ask here before filing useless bug reports.

This is a list of the packages:

avr-libc:
  Conflicts on avr-libc ( )

ctsim:
  Conflicts on ctsim ( )

doodle:
  Conflicts on doodle (<< 0.6.2-1)

eclipse-common-nls:
  Conflicts on eclipse-common-nls (<= 3.1.1a-5)

exim4-config:
  Conflicts on exim4-config ( )

giflib-bin:
  Conflicts on giflib-bin ( )

kernel-patch-kdb:
  Conflicts on kernel-patch-kdb ( )

lib3ds-dev:
  Conflicts on lib3ds-dev ( )

libbonobo2:
  Depends on libbonobo2 (>= 1.0.22)

libc6-dev:
  Conflicts on libc6-dev (<< 2.0.110-1)

libdb4.4++:
  Conflicts on libdb4.4++ ( )

libdnet:
  Depends on libdnet ( )

libgail-common:
  Depends on libgail-common (>= 1.6.6)

libglide2:
  Conflicts on libglide2 ( )

libglide3:
  Conflicts on libglide3 ( )

libopencdk8-dev:
  Conflicts on libopencdk8-dev ( )

libopenh323-dev:
  Conflicts on libopenh323-dev ( )

libperl6-form-perl:
  Conflicts on libperl6-form-perl ( )

libstatgrab-dev:
  Conflicts on libstatgrab-dev (<< 0.12-1)

python-gnome2-desktop-doc:
  Conflicts on python-gnome2-desktop-doc (<< 2.13.3)

python2.3-apoo:
  Conflicts on python2.3-apoo ( )

python2.4-apoo:
  Conflicts on python2.4-apoo ( )

sylpheed-claws-gtk2-etpan-privacy:
  Conflicts on sylpheed-claws-gtk2-etpan-privacy (<< 2.3.0-1)

sylpheed-claws-gtk2-perl-filter:
  Conflicts on sylpheed-claws-gtk2-perl-filter (<< 2.3.0-1)

sylpheed-claws-gtk2-vcalendar-plugin:
  Conflicts on sylpheed-claws-gtk2-vcalendar-plugin (<< 2.3.0-1)

tasksel-data:
  Conflicts on tasksel-data ( )

unison:
  Conflicts on unison (<< 2.9.1-3)

unison-gtk:
  Conflicts on unison-gtk (<< 2.9.1-3)


Do anybody has an exaplanation of why these relationship should not be
removed?

Thanks,

-- 
Fabio Tranchitella <kobold@debian.org>                        .''`.
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