[Bug 86536] [NEW] fails to resolve dependencies on virtual packages

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Binary package hint: debootstrap

The following occurs on the dapper version of debootstrap version
0.3.3.0ubuntu2

I reduced the package set in the required field to just the essental
packages (base-files, base-passwd, bash, bsdutils, coreutils,
debianutils, diff, dpkg, e2fsprogs, findutils, grep, gzip, hostname,
login, mawk, mount, ncurses-base, ncurses-bin, perl-base, sed, sysvinit,
tar, util-linux) and then let debootstrap resolve the dependencies for
the packages. This did not succeed becuase awk was not in the list of
resolved dependencies.

I added a 'set -x' to the debootstrap script to attempt to find out what
was going on.  The function resolve_deps correctly picks up the 'awk'
dependency in base-files, but then some time after that (I haven't
figured out exactly where yet) awk gets dropped from the list.  I'm
speculating at this point that awk is getting dropped becuase there is
no actual 'awk' package and debootstrap isn't looking in the Provides
section for a match so it doesn't pick up mawk or gawk.

I will continue to search for the problem as I find time to help aid in
the resolution of this item.

** Affects: debootstrap (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: dapper hardy
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fails to resolve dependencies on virtual packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86536
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