Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote on 10/30/17 15:54: > Richard Hector wrote on 10/30/17 11:13: > <snip> >> imagemagick-6.q16 Provides: imagemagick, but not a specific version >> >> cups-filters Depends: imagemagick (>= 6.4~) >> >> The real imagemagick package is at 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1 (on my >> machine anyway), which satisifies the cups-filters dependency. >> >> The system doesn't know whether the version of imagemagick Provided by >> imagemagick-6.q16 is new enough, so you still need the real package. >> >> Richard >> > So you would suggest a versioned "Provides:" for package imagemagick-6.q16?
No, version 1.17.9-1 of cups-filters recommends imagemagick unversioned. Therefore, I recommend to update the cups-filters package to get rid of the dummy imagemagick package. Regards, jvp.