Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal >From IRC discussions this is apparently a known and old bug, but I couldn't find a report about it. As in this example:
$ dak rm -Rn libfile-spec-perl Checking reverse dependencies... # Broken Depends: libany-template-processdir-perl: libany-template-processdir-perl libcrypt-dsa-perl: libcrypt-dsa-perl liborlite-migrate-perl: liborlite-migrate-perl slic3r: slic3r [amd64 arm64 armel armhf hurd-i386 i386 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel powerpc ppc64el s390x] # Broken Build-Depends: cipux-dog: libfile-spec-perl cipux-passwd: libfile-spec-perl cipux-rbac-simple: libfile-spec-perl cipux-rpc-client: libfile-spec-perl cipux-task: libfile-spec-perl libany-template-processdir-perl: libfile-spec-perl libanyevent-handle-udp-perl: libfile-spec-perl libcrypt-dsa-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-dokuwiki-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-kwiki-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-moinmoin-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-oddmuse-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-phpwiki-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-pmwiki-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-snipsnap-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-tikiwiki-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-usemod-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-wakkawiki-perl: libfile-spec-perl libhtml-wikiconverter-wikkawiki-perl: libfile-spec-perl liborlite-migrate-perl: libfile-spec-perl slic3r: libfile-spec-perl Dependency problem found. but libfile-spec-perl is also provided by perl, and in most if not all cases here, the Dependency is unversioned, so the virtual libfile-spec-perl should satisfy the requirement. (In the absence of this bug being fixed, what is the correct approach when all reverse-deps found are in fact satisfied by a virtual package?) Thanks, Dominic.
