Bug#514497: lintian doesn't know about many virtual packages
Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com> writes:
> The other day while reviewing a package I noticed it lacked a build
> dependency on a real package, instead of just relying on the virtual
> package. This made me consider gathering the list of virtual packages
> directly from the archive, and the patch in the attached mbox does
> exactly that.
You can't just key on Provides, since some packages Provide other packages
that are also real packages in their own right. You have to exclude any
packages that are actual packages.
Examples of packages that are incorrectly included in this list:
vim
vim-*
xemacs21
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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