Bug#785678: blends-dev: Do not drop virtual packages in alternatives
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> I use blends-dev to create local metapackages. I sometimes use the
> common real-package | virtual-package pattern to specify a default but
> allow alternatives. However, blends-dev removes the virtual-package
> alternatives since they do not exist. It would be great if one could
> pass an option or something to allow nonexistent packages in Depends
> lines.
I think it would be better if blends-dev could know which virtual
packages exist and allow them in Depends, but not allow non-existent
real or virtual packages. Since dpkg now allows versioned Provides, it
would also need to check the version constraints are correct.
--
bye,
pabs
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