Package: apt Version: 0.5.4 apt appears to silenlty eat one real package when asked to install two packages which provide the same virtual, e.g.
| plato:/# apt-get install xlibmesa-dev mesag-dev | Reading Package Lists... | Building Dependency Tree... | The following extra packages will be installed: | libfreetype6 mesag3 xfree86-common xlibs xlibs-dev | The following NEW packages will be installed: | libfreetype6 mesag-dev mesag3 xfree86-common xlibs xlibs-dev | 0 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. | Need to get 6103kB of archives. After unpacking 22.1MB will be used. | Do you want to continue? [Y/n] I think at the very least it should notify you that it's not actually going to install xlibmesa-dev, no? Arguably it should go further and actually refuse to try and do something it can't. -- James
