#152643 apt: provides resolution could apply everywhere

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Andrew Suffield
Date:
2005-07-18 03:32:54 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#152643#5
Date:
2002-07-11 18:21:11 UTC
From:
To:
"apt-get install" will pick up a Provides: referencing the requested
package, ask to install it if there is only one, else list the
options, yada yada yada.

This could equally apply to remove, and apt-cache show, and probably
some other places.