This message is a bit old but the problem is still current and it has a simple
solution.
You create your own metapackage ...
The "equivs" package is designed for precisely this situation ... you need
dpkg/apt to think you have a particular package installed but you don't want
any of the contents of the package to be installed.
All you do is give equivs the name and version (and any of several other things
you may want) of the package you want to fake then install the "fake" package
it generates.
Problem solved. Bug 583849 FIXED.
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Rob. (Robert de Bath <robert$ @ debath.co.uk>)
<http://www.debath.co.uk/>
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