Bug#193314: apt ignores the "Provides: "-tag while installing build-deps

To: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
Cc: 193314@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#193314: apt ignores the "Provides: "-tag while installing build-deps
From: Alexander Neumann <alexander@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:23:12 +0200
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Hi,

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > Ok, so this isn't a bug but a feature?
> More or less.  It keeps things much simpler and more consistent if a
> particular package is always built with the same concrete package providing
> a virtual package.

So if it isn't a bug, shouldn't we close it? ;)

- Alexander

-- 
"fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity"

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