On Tue, 2015-07-28 at 17:22 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Ole Streicher (2015-07-28 16:33:17) > > Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> writes: > >> Installation of a package from the 'metapackages' section does *not* > >> mark its dependencies as automatically installed. > > > > Really? So, if someone would install a metapackage (for a test), and > > then later uninstall it, its dependencies will remain on the system? > > That is my experience, yes. Seems specific to metapackages, so I > suspect there is some APT wizardry going on, treating those specially.
Specifically, the APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections configuration section (in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove in a default install). Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
