[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Meaning of Providing yourself



> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have noticed that a number of packages provide themselves, ie they have
> a Provides: line that mentions their name. This seems to be a pointless
> exercize, but perhaps I am missing something?
> 
> ddd and et both do this in hamm and my status file has kpathsea and
> libg++27-dev as well.

libg++27-dev is an error.

-- 
joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org

Potentially offensive files, part 5: /dev/random.
`head -c 4 /dev/random` may print 4-letter words (once every approx 4e8 tries).


--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org . 
Trouble?  e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .


Reply to: