On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 04:52:24PM +0100, Cyril Chaboisseau
<[email protected]> was heard to say:
> after a more in-depth search, it appears that 51 packages are returned by
> "aptitude ~dpackage" while they don't have any reference with this word
> when doing an "aptitude show <package_name>"
>
> (compressed list in attachment)
>
> here is some that you can check:
(emphasis mine in all cases, tests performed using
"aptitude show -v PACKAGE | grep --color package")
> dhcp3-client
"This is a dummy *package* to aid in transitioning from the v3 DHCP ..."
"Extra documentation can be found in the *package* dhcp3-common"
> dhcp3-common
"This is a dummy *package* to aid in transitioning from the v3 DHCP ..."
"common files used by all the dhcp3* *package*s"
"This *package* contains the files used by all the *package*s ..."
> dhcp3-dev
"ISC DHCP development files (transitional *package*)"
"This *package* contains development files for ..."
"This is a dummy *package* to aid in transitioning from the
v3 DHCP *package*s ..."
"new-style DHCP *package*s."
"This dummy *package* may be safely removed after upgrading to squeeze"
> dhcp3-server
"This is a dummy *package* to aid in transitioning from the v3 DHCP ..."
> empathy
"This *package* contains the empathy IM application and account manager."
> empathy-dbg
"This *package* contains debug symbols ..."
> exim4-base
"support files for all Exim MTA (v4) *package*s"
"needed by all exim4 daemon *package*s ..."
and many more
> exim4-config
"for the exim4 daemon *package*s..."
"the main *package* to allow sites to replace the configuration scheme..."
...etc, skipping the rest of the exims
> icedtea-gcjwebplugin
"Java plugin based on IcedTea and gcjwebplugin (transitional *package*)."
"This is a transitional *package*..."
> k3b-data
"This *package* contains the required data files common to all
architectures."
Daniel
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