Well, on Maverick, it's fixed:
$ apt-cache show awk
N: Can't select versions from package 'awk' as it purely virtual
N: No packages found
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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`apt-cache show gphoto2' is silent and exits 0.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/18306
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