Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apt
The dependency information output from apt-cache is misleading.
Depends, Recommends, Suggests and even Conflicts are all lumped together
as a dependency. One example:
$ apt-cache showpkg g-wrap
Package: g-wrap
Versions:
1.9.9-3
(/var/lib/apt/lists/Rie:9999_ubuntu_dists_hardy_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
Description Language:
File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/Rie:9999_ubuntu_dists_hardy_universe_binary-i386_Packages
MD5: 90f3aa27bd657aa17d94a99352e03024
Reverse Depends:
guile-gnome0-dev,g-wrap 1.9.9
guile-g-wrap,g-wrap 1.9.9-1
Dependencies:
1.9.9-3 - guile-1.8 (0 (null)) guile-library (2 0.1.1) indent (0 (null))
libgwrap-runtime-dev (2 1.9.9-3) libgwrapguile-dev (0 (null))
Provides:
1.9.9-3 -
Reverse Provides:
(guile and guile-library are depends, indent and libgwrap-runtime-dev
are a recommends while libgwrapguile-dev is a conflicts)
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: hardy
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: apt
The dependency information output from apt-cache is misleading.
Depends, Recommends, Suggests and even Conflicts are all lumped together
as a dependency. One example:
-
- Sorry, I was fooled by this output (the recommendation for libgwrap-
- runtime-dev does look a bit suspicious, though)
$ apt-cache showpkg g-wrap
Package: g-wrap
Versions:
1.9.9-3
(/var/lib/apt/lists/Rie:9999_ubuntu_dists_hardy_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
Description Language:
File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/Rie:9999_ubuntu_dists_hardy_universe_binary-i386_Packages
MD5: 90f3aa27bd657aa17d94a99352e03024
Reverse Depends:
guile-gnome0-dev,g-wrap 1.9.9
guile-g-wrap,g-wrap 1.9.9-1
Dependencies:
1.9.9-3 - guile-1.8 (0 (null)) guile-library (2 0.1.1) indent (0 (null))
libgwrap-runtime-dev (2 1.9.9-3) libgwrapguile-dev (0 (null))
Provides:
1.9.9-3 -
Reverse Provides:
(guile and guile-library are depends, indent and libgwrap-runtime-dev
are a recommends while libgwrapguile-dev is a conflicts)
** Tags added: hardy
** Summary changed:
- apt-cache show dependency information incorrectly
+ apt-cache shows misleading dependency information
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apt-cache shows misleading dependency information
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224460
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