Bug#198900: apt: suggested packages doesn't look for Provides:
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.5.1
Severity: minor
johannes:/home/johannes/sopra# apt-get -ud install kernel-package
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Suggested packages:
kernel-source libncurses-dev
[...]
johannes:/home/johannes/sopra# apt-get -u install libncurses-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package libncurses-dev is a virtual package provided by:
libncurses5-dev 5.3.20030510-2
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package libncurses-dev has no installation candidate
libncurses-dev was suggested, but it is already installed
(provided by libncurses5-dev)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux johannes 2.4.20-gcc3 #13 Thu May 1 04:22:17 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3-3 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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