Also some of them will show up as
v ...
in aptitude search
But some won't show up at all.
Confusing.
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Also the user is curious where these determinations are drawn from.
It would be nice if aptitude said "Based on /var/lib/dpkg/status, this
package is a ephemeral / virtual / refereed etc. package."
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On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 10:20:45PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Do you know of any other non-real package type than "virtual"?
(Challenge accepted!)
The message from apt is hardcoded, so same for all virtuals, but from
a theory point of view apt "knows" about four different types:
- pure virtual
