Hi martin (2017.01.09_02:36:38_+0200)
> Provides defines virtual packages, and those do not (and cannot as
> it wouldn't make sense) carry version numbers.
They have been supported in dpkg since 1.17.11, and other tools since.
Pypy is not the only package to use them. And it waited until they
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
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