Package: dlocate Version: 0.5-0.3 Severity: wishlist
Consider the virtual package "mail-transport-agent", provided on my system by 'exim4-daemon-light': % dlocate -s exim4-daemon-light | grep 'Status\|Provides' Status: install ok installed Provides: mail-transport-agent % dlocate -s mail-transport-agent Package "mail-transport-agent" not installed. ...that's a little confusing. Users might want to know several things about a virtual package. Such as what provides it, and if installed, what provided it. Something like this might be useful: % dlocate -s mail-transport-agent 'mail-transport-agent' is a virtual package, currently provided by 'exim4-daemon-light'. List of provider packages: courier-mta exim exim-tls exim4-daemon-heavy exim4-daemon-light masqmail nullmailer postfix postfix-snap sendmail smail ssmtp zmailer zmailer-ssl Hope this helps... PS: some ad hoc functions, (no error checking!): # what provided an installed virtual package? % debprovidedby() { grep-status -F Provides $1 -a -F Status installed -ns Package: ; } % debprovidedby mail-transport-agent exim4-daemon-light # what programs provide a given virtual package? % debproviders() { grep-available -F Provides $1 -ns Package: ; } % debproviders mail-transport-agent | sort | tr '\n' ' ' courier-mta exim exim-tls exim4-daemon-heavy exim4-daemon-light masqmail nullmailer postfix postfix-snap sendmail smail ssmtp zmailer zmailer-ssl -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages dlocate depends on: ii dctrl-tools 2.9.3 Command-line tools to process Debi ii dpkg 1.13.25 package maintenance system for Deb ii grep-dctrl 2.9.3 Grep Debian package information - ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction dlocate recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]