reassign 201688 apt severity 201688 normal thanks On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 11:53:15AM +0200, Laurent Bonnaud wrote: > Package: bibtex2html > Version: 1.61-1 > Severity: serious > > > Hi, > > here is the problem: > > # apt-get build-dep bibtex2html > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: Build-Depends-Indep dependency for bibtex2html cannot be satisfied because > no available versions of package ocaml-3.06-1 can satisfy version requirements > > Shouldn't you use ocaml-base-3.06-1 instead of ocaml-3.06-1 ?
After investigation, this definitively seems like an apt-get bug, which is perfectly capable of finding the real package providing the virtual ocaml-3.06-1 when you do an apt-get install, but this seems to be not true when one uses apt-get build-dep. Note to the apt maintainers : I am really willing to discuss this with you, as i am curious as to what the real problems are with apt/dpkg and the virtual packages. "You shall not use virtual dependencies" is _not_ a right why to start such a discussion though, i already got that from elmo some time ago :) Friendly, Sven Luther
