Virtual packages?

[Jan Claeys]

Op zaterdag 11-11-2006 om 23:44 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Andreas
Volz:
> in Gentoo it's possible to use virtual packages if multiple packages
> with the same features are available. For example glut vs. freeglut. I
> could use virtual/glut as dependency by building a package. Is
> something like this available while building a debian package?

This is explained in the 'debian-policy' document:
<http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-virtual_pkg>
and:
<http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-virtual>


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Jan Claeys