* Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011029 15:46]: > > > > Also, someone else reported that lintian complains against > > > Depends: python (>= 2.1), python (<< 2.2) > > > > This is a lintian bug. It's not bothering to notice that one's a less-than > > and the other's a greater-than. > > Btw, isn't this Depends line problematic anyway? I could have python 1.5 > and 2.2 simultaneously installed and the depends would be satisfied > without achieving what the maintainer really wants (i.e. python 2.1).
"python" is a real package, no virtual one. I.e. at any given time, there is only one package "python" on a system (neither python1.5 nor python2.1 will provide "python"). Gregor