Re: Bug#41091: Apt fails to install some packages
On Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 06:18:42PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > - a package declares a Depends on a virtual package without giving
> > advice (ie without using the "real | virtual" syntax).
> > Apt here simply fails like that :
>
> Packages that do this are somewhat in violation of policy, they are
> supposed to declare a dependency on a real package so that tools like APT
> and dselect have something they can choose.
I believe you are refering to the Packaging Manual, section 8.6, which
says:
However, there is no way to specify the `order' of several packages
which all provide the same thing, when that thing is listed as a
dependency.
Therefore a dependency on a virtual package should contain a concrete
package name as the first alternative, so that this is the default.
It *should* contain. So it is not an obligation... this is confusing.
--
enJoy -*/\*- spelled 'iosip', or simply 'joseph'
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