Bug#61418: installs perl-5.004 and docs unnecessarily

[Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf@epkowa.co.jp>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.18

I've just installed potato (2.2.8-2000-03-09) and updated (2000-03-30)
so all I have is the base system.  When I installed apache, apt-get
decides I need perl-5.004 and perl-5.004-doc while all apache depends
on is perl | perl5.  As I have perl-5.005-base installed, I'd expect
that perl-5.005 would get installed.  I most certainly wouldn't expect
the docs to get installed as well.
  When doing the same thing with dselect use apt as its access method
this does not happen.

bilbo:~# apt-get --simulate install apache
[...]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apache apache-common mime-support perl-5.004 perl-5.004-base perl-5.004-doc
[...]
bilbo:~# dpkg -l | grep perl
ii  perl-5.005-bas 5.005.03-7     The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
ii  perl-base      5.005.03-1.1   Fake package assuring that one of the -base

The output that installing via dselect (using apt as access method!)
[...]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apache apache-common mime-support perl-5.005

Dependencies
ldso: 1.9.11-5
libc6: 2.1.3-7
libstdc++2.10: 2.95.2-8
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Olaf Meeuwissen       Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development