hi, thanks for this hint. but how I recognize a package as being 'virtual'? the Packages files offers this information only sometimes in the description area.
Does an extra list of virtual packages exist? Where? greetings michael -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Bill Allombert [mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 1. Juli 2010 17:23 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: some thoughts about package refences in the info files On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 09:18:51AM +0200, Tepperis-von der Ohe, Michael wrote: > hi folks, > > Package: muttprint > ... > Enhances: mail-reader, news-reader > > a package 'news-reader' does not exist News-reader is a virtual package, which is provided by a number of packages, for example tin provides news-reader: $ apt-cache show tin Package: tin Priority: optional ... Version: 1:1.9.6~20100522-1 Provides: news-reader You should fix your database to handle virtual packages. Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/9da553c84f8fb1458a26b79d5e9d4a5201ff7...@se000313.ztb.icb.commerzbank.com
