Ahh, thank you for the explanation :). That helps to make aptitude much more sensible to me.
For those new to aptitude like me that aren't aware of what "-dbg" signifies, I think there's some unnecessary ambiguity in that sentence, as "contains" can mean either "also contains" (i.e., has all the executables ready to go, but they're nicely unstripped) or "contains only" (i.e., has debugging symbols only). I think the ambiguity could be completely removed if the sentence you mentioned was changed to something like "This package contains nothing but the debugging symbols of other packages." I realize this may not be the correct place to make this suggestion. If it's not, can you please direct me to a more appropriate place? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689029 Title: openjdk-6-dbg has no executable files -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
