Also some of them will show up as
v ...
in aptitude search
But some won't show up at all.
Confusing.
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."
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
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Hi Jidanni,
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> In this particular case, all I found was this package was mentioned in
> other installed packages' headers.
Thanks for this detail! And indeed, there are two types of packages
which can be seen as virtual or non-real package and it
In this particular case, all I found was this package was mentioned in
other installed packages' headers.
I don't know if that makes it a virtual package or not.
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Hi Jidanni,
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.8.13-3
> Severity: wishlist
>
> $ aptitude show ttf-unifont
> Package: ttf-unifont
> State: not a real package
> $ apt show ttf-unifont
> Package: ttf-unifont
> State: not a real package (virtual)
>
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-3
Severity: wishlist
$ aptitude show ttf-unifont
Package: ttf-unifont
State: not a real package
$ apt show ttf-unifont
Package: ttf-unifont
State: not a real package (virtual)
That's a little better.
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