Bug#193314: apt ignores the "Provides: "-tag while installing build-deps
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 01:23:12PM +0200, Alexander Neumann wrote:
> 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? ;)
Look at the 3 bugs it is merged with, install libpng12-dev, and try apt-get
build-dep again. If you don't experience that bug, then this report can be
disconnected and closed.
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- mdz
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