I'm setting this bug to fix released, because there has been no activity here for about 6 weeks and the original bug report has indeed been fixed. If there is a request out there to make apt-cache more informative when 'show'-ing a virtual package, please create a new ticket.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- `apt-cache show gphoto2' is silent and exits 0. https://launchpad.net/bugs/18306 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs