Package: pypy-lib
Version: 5.3.1+dfsg-1
Severity: serious

aptitude complains about the Provides line for pypy-lib:

W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package pypy-cffi
W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package 
pypy-cffi-backend-api-max
W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package 
pypy-cffi-backend-api-min
W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files

Provides defines virtual packages, and those do not (and cannot as
it wouldn't make sense) carry version numbers.

§ 7.5 of the policy says:

  A Provides field may not contain version numbers

which is why I am filing this bug report RC…

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)


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