Bug#906594: apt-get could offer alternative packages with similar names

[Jonny Grant <jg@jguk.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 1.6.3 (amd64)

Ubuntu LTS

Can apt-get offer alternatives when "E: Unable to locate package 
libasan" ?  Obviously I was hunting for libasan2


# apt-get install libasan
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libasan
root@asus:~# apt-get install libasan2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gcc-5-base
The following NEW packages will be installed
  gcc-5-base libasan2
0 to upgrade, 2 to newly install, 0 to remove and 3 not to upgrade.
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