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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Debian part of a version number when epoch is bumped
From:       Thibaut Paumard <thibaut () debian ! org>
Date:       2018-02-15 14:25:50
Message-ID: 5205e18b-6cef-e925-d718-5017ef522c0a () debian ! org
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Le 15/02/2018 à 14:15, Vincent Bernat a écrit :
>   ❦ 15 février 2018 13:36 +0100, Thibaut Paumard <thibaut@debian.org> :
> 
>> I meant not implemented for java, specifically. But I was wrong: we do
>> have e.g. java8-runtime-headless listed in
>> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt
>>
>> So the package mentioned by Vincent may be better off Depending on it
>> rather than on default-jre-headless (>= anything).
> 
> You cannot depend on a virtual package, am I wrong?

You can. The problem is when your package may be used as a 
build-dependency within the Debian infrastructure:

https://lintian.debian.org/tags/virtual-package-depends-without-real-package-depends.html

Regards, Thibaut.

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