Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> writes: > Package: sysvinit-utils > [...] > Provides: lsb-base (= 11.1.0) > > When you remove the physical lsb-base package, the virtual package > provided by sysvinit-utils remains, to satisfy the dependencies of > ntpsec, rsync, etc.
OK, that explains, why lsb-base can be removed without ntpsec. Is there a way to search for "Provides" in packages? I.e. show me all packages (installed or all) that provide some feature "foobar"? Steve