Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed?

[Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>]

Richard Hector wrote on 10/30/17 11:13:
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> imagemagick-6.q16 Provides: imagemagick, but not a specific version
> 
> cups-filters Depends: imagemagick (>= 6.4~)
> 
> The real imagemagick package is at 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1 (on my
> machine anyway), which satisifies the cups-filters dependency.
> 
> The system doesn't know whether the version of imagemagick Provided by
> imagemagick-6.q16 is new enough, so you still need the real package.
> 
> Richard
> 
So you would suggest a versioned "Provides:" for package imagemagick-6.q16?

Regards,
jvp.