Bug#823534: apt-get remove is unhelpful for virtual packages

2016-05-06 Thread David Kalnischkies
Hi, (adding submitter to CC as there was an explicit Reply-To header) On Fri, May 06, 2016 at 07:31:18AM +0200, Carsten Hey wrote: > * Richard Stallman [2016-05-05 14:48 -0400]: > > Package: apt > > Version: 1.0.1ubuntu2.13+7.0trisquel3 > > > > I tried to remove a package which is virtual,

Bug#823534: apt-get remove is unhelpful for virtual packages

2016-05-05 Thread Carsten Hey
Hi, * Richard Stallman [2016-05-05 14:48 -0400]: > Package: apt > Version: 1.0.1ubuntu2.13+7.0trisquel3 > > I tried to remove a package which is virtual, specifically nethack. > apt-get told me it could not do this, but said nothing about > what to do. "apt-cache showpkg mail-transport-agent"

Bug#823534: apt-get remove is unhelpful for virtual packages

2016-05-05 Thread Richard Stallman
Package: apt Version: 1.0.1ubuntu2.13+7.0trisquel3 I tried to remove a package which is virtual, specifically nethack. apt-get told me it could not do this, but said nothing about what to do. It would surely be easy to make it handle a virtual package by seeing which real package provides it,