Public bug reported:
When using the --installed switch of apt-cache, the result seems to be
bad when it has to deal with virtual packages. E.g.:
$ apt-cache depends xfonts-base
xfonts-base
Depends: xfonts-utils
|Suggests: xfs
Suggests: <xserver>
tightvncserver
vnc4server
xnest
xserver-xephyr
xserver-xfbdev
xserver-xorg
xvfb
Replaces: <xfonts-misc>
Replaces: <xfonts-misc:i386>
Now with the --installed switch:
$ apt-cache --installed depends xfonts-base
xfonts-base
Depends: xfonts-utils
tightvncserver
vnc4server
xnest
xserver-xephyr
xserver-xfbdev
xserver-xorg
xvfb
It correctly removes "Suggests: <xserver>", but fails to remove all the
content of the virtual package.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Feb 25 10:55:52 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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apt-cache --installed fails to correctly deal with virtual packages
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