- /* depends; need to install or upgrade if we don't have the
- package installed or if the version does not satisfy the
- build dep. This is complicated by the fact that if we
- depend on a version lower than what we already have
- installed it is not clear what should be done; in practice
- this case should be rare though and right now nothing
- is done about it :-( */
- if (IV.end() == true ||
- Cache->VS().CheckDep(IV.VerStr(),(*D).Op,(*D).Version.c_str()) == false)
- TryToInstall(Pkg,Cache,Fix,false,false,ExpectedInst);
+ /*
+ * If this is a virtual package, we need to check the list of
+ * packages that provide it and see if any of those are
+ * installed
+ */
+ pkgCache::PrvIterator Prv = Pkg.ProvidesList();
+ for (; Prv.end() != true; Prv++)
+ if ((*Cache)[Prv.OwnerPkg()].InstVerIter(*Cache).end() == false)
+ break;
+
+ if (Prv.end() == true)
+ {
+ /*
+ * depends; need to install or upgrade if we don't have the
+ * package installed or if the version does not satisfy the
+ * build dep. This is complicated by the fact that if we
+ * depend on a version lower than what we already have
+ * installed it is not clear what should be done; in practice
+ * this case should be rare though and right now nothing
+ * is done about it :-(
+ */
+ if (IV.end() == true ||
+ Cache->VS().CheckDep(IV.VerStr(),(*D).Op,(*D).Version.c_str()) == false)
+ TryToInstall(Pkg,Cache,Fix,false,false,ExpectedInst);
+ }