Re: Understanding package dependencies

[Steve Keller <keller.steve@gmx.de>]

Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> writes:

> Package: sysvinit-utils
> [...]
> Provides: lsb-base (= 11.1.0)
>
> When you remove the physical lsb-base package, the virtual package
> provided by sysvinit-utils remains, to satisfy the dependencies of
> ntpsec, rsync, etc.

OK, that explains, why lsb-base can be removed without ntpsec. Is there
a way to search for "Provides" in packages? I.e. show me all packages
(installed or all) that provide some feature "foobar"?

Steve