The build system *does* read Provides. The flaw is in your statement about automake1.10.
The "automake1.10" source used to have an "automake" binary package with the properties that you described. But that "automake" binary has since been replaced by the one from the "automake1.11" source. -- Please create automake1.10 package for karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs