Debian bug report logs - #1429
several TeX packages Provide themselves

Package: bibtex, kpathsea, latex, makeindex; Reported by: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>; 39 days old.

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From: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: several TeX packages Provide themselves

Package: bibtex, kpathsea, latex, makeindex

These packages all list a Provides line with their own package name.
This is not necessary or useful.

Ian.

Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available.
Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com:
Bug#1429; Package bibtex, kpathsea, latex, makeindex. Full text available.
Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk, with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism
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