Re: Virtual Package list

2016-07-07 Thread Sven Joachim 
On 2016-07-07 15:42 -0500, David Wright wrote:

> When aptitude is run in interactive mode, it shows a list of
> Virtual Packages > virtual, which is 8267 lines long on my
> jessie laptop. Where does aptitude get this list from?
> Does it laboriously construct it from Provides:, Replaces:,
> and Conflicts: lines in the Packages files and then cache
> it to speed things up?

Only from Provides, Replaces and Conflicts are not taken into account.

Cheers,
   Sven

Virtual Package list

2016-07-07 Thread David Wright 
When aptitude is run in interactive mode, it shows a list of
Virtual Packages > virtual, which is 8267 lines long on my
jessie laptop. Where does aptitude get this list from?
Does it laboriously construct it from Provides:, Replaces:,
and Conflicts: lines in the Packages files and then cache
it to speed things up?

If not, where is there a list of such packages that dates
from post-2012?

Cheers,
David.