* Steve Langasek [2005-11-09 19:25:40-0800] > awk is "virtually essential": it can't be Essential: yes because that would > prevent removing mawk in favor of gawk, but awk is a dependency of another > essential package to ensure that you can use basic awk functionality without > having to depend on it.
Just to make things a little clearer, the above is the excerpt from the changelog of 'base-files' (an essential package): base-files (1.7) unstable; urgency=low * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package". [...] [dated as 23 Feb 1998] -- roktas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]