Re: [Ekiga-list] Debian packages

[Hannes Ebner <ml stdout at>]

Rick Pasotto wrote:
> Can the provides include a version number?

I just read about it at
<http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-virtual>,
which says:

  So, a Provides field may not contain version numbers, and the version
  number of the concrete package which provides a particular virtual
  package will not be looked at when considering a dependency on or
  conflict with the virtual package name.

That's also where the root of the problem lies,
"gnome-desktop-environment" depends on a particular version number (or
higher), which is not (and cannot be) provided by the virtual package.

So it doesn't work via "provides". Sorry for the noise.

Best regards,
Hannes