Handle virtual packages in dpkginfo probe #2255
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This change handles virtual packages in dpkginfo probe by parsing the "Provides" field of /var/lib/dpkg/status. Instead of relying on the "Package" field exclusively, this change also matches the requested package name with the package names listed in the "Provides" field. It should allow to query virtual package names like "system-log-daemon" to actually installed packages likes "rsyslog" and so on. See deb-control(5).
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This change handles virtual packages in dpkginfo probe by parsing the "Provides" field of /var/lib/dpkg/status.
Instead of relying on the "Package" field exclusively, this change also matches the requested package name with the package names listed in the "Provides" field.
It should allow to query virtual package names like "system-log-daemon" to actually installed packages likes "rsyslog" and so on.
See deb-control(5).
This PR is currently a work-in-progress.