Bug#193314: apt ignores the "Provides: "-tag while installing build-deps
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:21:31PM +0200, Alexander Neumann wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > What version of fvwm are you trying to build? The current unstable version
> > (2.4.15-2) does not seem to have a (direct or indirect) build-dependency on
> > libpng-dev, so I cannot reproduce this at all.
>
> Sorry for that, I missed mentioning that I'm using the prerelease
> fvwm 2.5 packages from http://people.debian.org/~sacha/debian (actual
> version is 2.5.6-1) which have a direct build-dependency against
> libpng-dev:
> Build-Depends: [...] libpng-dev, [...]
>
> (http://people.debian.org/~sacha/debian/dists/unstable/main/source/fvwm_2.5.6-1.dsc)
>
> I don't think that this is important for this bug, but it's important
> for you to reproduce it, so please accept my apologies.
libpng-dev is a pure virtual package; the usual method is to specify a
concrete alternative (e.g., libpng12-dev | libpng-dev). This will fix the
problem for fvwm.
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- mdz
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