Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * a build-depends on gawk | awk doesn't make sense. either you use > specifically features of gawk, and then you only depend on gawk, or > your depends is fulfilled by any awk implementations, which means, > you don't need to list it
Err, no. Virtual packages aren't supposed to be used this way. Whenever one depends or build-depends on a virtual package, it should be done just like Joachim did: 'gawk | awk', where gawk is a real package Providing the virtual package awk; this allows to control which package is installed when doing non-interactive installations (such as happens on buildds). It also allows apt frontends to select the default choice when something depends on awk (but in this case, the user can choose to install another implentation of awk to satisfy the dependency). -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
