Virtual packages?

[Andreas Volz]

Am Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:42:41 +0100 schrieb 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>

Ok, I looked into

http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt

but found no virtual package for glut. So what is the exact name for
the virtual glut package and how could I get a recent list?

regards
Andreas