On 2016-10-31 14:55 -0300, David Bremner wrote: > Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> writes: > >> On 2016-10-30 15:32 -0500, Rob Browning wrote: >> >> >>> So I'm contemplating adding a new provides to all of the Emacs binary >>> packages (e.g. to emacsXY, emacsXY-nox, and emacsXY-lucid). For now, >>> let's call it emacsXYish, and given that, dh-elpa's deps would become: >>> >>> Depends: ... emacs25ish | emacs24ish ... >> >> Any idea which flavor "apt-get install dh-elpa" will then install? The >> whole point of listing the -nox flavor as first alternative is to ensure >> that time and disk space are not wasted by installing all the additional >> dependencies of the other flavors in the build environment. >> >> Cheers, >> Sven > > I think it will have to be > > Depends: emacs25-nox | emacs25ish | ...
In that case there is no need for the emacs25ish virtual package, since "Depends: emacs25-nox | emacs25 | ..." already achieves the same effect. Cheers, Sven