First time agreeing with Dan. This (lack of) functionality is always awkward. Ideally I would expect apt-cache show <virtualpackage> to show me which packages Provides: this virtual package. For example, when window shopping for a new MTA, I was unable to apt-cache show mail-transport-agent, but i had to apt-get install it for me to show the packages providing mail-transport-agent.
It's minor of course. i have since gotten used to apt-get installing virtual packages to see my choices. -Josh
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