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Re: Understanding package dependencies

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Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> writes:

> Package: sysvinit-utils
> [...]
> Provides: lsb-base (= 11.1.0)
>
> When you remove the physical lsb-base package, the virtual package
> provided by sysvinit-utils remains, to satisfy the dependencies of
> ntpsec, rsync, etc.

OK, that explains, why lsb-base can be removed without ntpsec. Is there
a way to search for "Provides" in packages? I.e. show me all packages
(installed or all) that provide some feature "foobar"?

Steve

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Understanding package dependencies Steve Keller <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2023-10-07 14:10 +0200
  Re: Understanding package dependencies Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-07 15:10 +0200
    Re: Understanding package dependencies Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-07 15:30 +0200
      Re: Understanding package dependencies Steve Keller <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2023-10-07 19:50 +0200
        Re: Understanding package dependencies Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-07 20:20 +0200
        Re: Understanding package dependencies Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2023-10-07 20:30 +0200
          Re: Understanding package dependencies Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-07 20:50 +0200
            Re: Understanding package dependencies Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2023-10-08 10:50 +0200
              Re: Understanding package dependencies Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-08 14:40 +0200
            Re: Understanding package dependencies Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-10-09 14:20 +0200

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