Package: apt Version: 1.4.9 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I noticed the following difference in the reported 'Provides' value. $ sudo apt-cache show python3 Package: python3 .... Provides: python3-profiler $ sudo apt-cache showpkg python3 ... Provides: 3.5.3-1 - python3-profiler:i386 (= ) python3:any (= 3.5.3-1) python3-profiler (= ) python3-profiler:any (= ) I cant make sense of all those 'virtual' packages: python3-profiler:i386 (= ) python3:any (= 3.5.3-1) python3-profiler (= ) python3-profiler:any (= ) The control file of python3_3.5.3-1_amd64.deb outputs only: Provides: python3-profiler Obviously those 'produced' Provides values declare sth related to architectures.But i dont understand the logic. We have a package : Architecture: amd64 That package provides python3:any ? It'd made more sense to me to provide python3:amd64 , assuming that there are other packages providing 'python3' 'functionality'. Also i think that there is not other package 'providing' python3. So i cant understand why even that virtual package exists (if we assume that showpkg reports is also true). -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Sandbox ""; APT::Sandbox::User "_apt"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.9\.0-7-amd64$"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages ""; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections ""; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "contrib/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Periodic ""; APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1"; APT::Update ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null"; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/app-info -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then appstreamcli refresh-cache > /dev/null; fi"; APT::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "amd64"; APT::Architectures:: "i386"; APT::Compressor ""; APT::Compressor::. 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