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>
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar.com>
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.
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