AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES
- October 1999
+ February 2001
Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently
Now, the list:
X Window System
- ---------
+---------------
x-terminal-emulator any X client which emulates a terminal with a
terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
x-window-manager any X client which provides window management
kernel-headers Kernel header files (<linux/*.h>, <asm/*.h>)
kernel-image Kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules)
kernel-source Kernel source code
+linux-kernel-log-daemon A daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
lambdamoo-core A lambdamoo-compatible datebase package
lambdamoo-server Anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
libc-dev Anything that provides header and object files
of `libc'
-libc.so.4 An a.out shared C library, version 4.x.x.
man-browser Anything that can read man pages
pdf-preview Any preprocessor that creates PDF output
pdf-viewer Anything that can display PDF files
postscript-preview Any preprocessor that creates Postscript output
postscript-viewer Anything that can display Postscript files
+rsh-client Any package that provides an rsh client
+rsh-server Any package that provides an rsh server
+system-log-daemon A daemon that provides a logging facility for
+ other applications
tclsh Anything that provides /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
+telnet-client Any package that provides a telnet client
+telnet-server Any package that provides a telnet server
+time-daemon Anything that servers as a time daemon
ups-monitor Anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
wish Anything that provides /usr/bin/wish (*)
wordlist Anything that provides /usr/share/dict/words (*)
pgp A version of PGP (International or US)
pop3-server Any POP3 Server
+Graphics and MultiMedia
+-----------------------
+mp3-encoder Any MP3 encoder package
+mp3-decoder Any MP3 decoder package
+
Old and obsolete virtual package names
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Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
these virtual package names.
-X11R5 provided by xcompat for compatibility reasons
-X11R6 do.
-xr5shlib do.
-aout-x11r6lib do.
-
+[There are currently no such package names in use]
Changelog
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Added man-browser
Added ident-server
Alphabeticised lists
+
+Manoj Srivastava
+ 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
+ Added x-window-manager
+ Added xserver
+ Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
+ Added system-log-faemon
+
+Manoj Srivastava
+ 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
+ Added mp3-decoder
+ Added time-daemon
+ Added rsh-client
+ Added telnet-client
+
+Manoj Srivastava
+ 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
+ Added telnet-server
+
+Julian Gilbey
+ 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
+ Removed xcompat virtual package names