Package: apt Version: 0.5.4 Severity: minor apt-get's manpage claims that apt-get build-dep chooses a package at random for virtual build dependencies, but this doesn't happen:
pogo:/tmp/xmms-1.2.7# apt-get build-dep xmms Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package libgl-dev is a virtual package provided by: xlibmesa-dev 4.2.1-2 mesag3+ggi-dev 3.4.2.1-4 mesag-glide2-dev 3.4.2.1-4 mesag-dev 3.4.2.1-4 libutahglx-dev 0.0-cvs-20010702-4 You should explicitly select one to install. The following NEW packages will be installed: gdk-imlib1-dev libart-dev libgnome-dev libgnorba-dev libpanel-applet-dev libxml-dev zlib1g-dev 0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. E: Package libgl-dev has no installation candidate E: Failed to process build dependencies pogo:/tmp/xmms-1.2.7#
