Bug#477038: aptitude why doesn't work on automatically installed packages

2008-04-21 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:57:15PM +0300, "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows wrote: > > This is expected behavior. When "why" is run with only a target, it > > tries to find the package that's keeping the automatically installed > > target on the system

Bug#477038: aptitude why doesn't work on automatically installed packages

2008-04-20 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Burrows wrote: >> The 'why' command doesn't work when package is automatically installed. > > You mean *not* automatically installed, right? Yes. > This is expected behavior. When "why" is run with only a target, it > tries to find the pa

Bug#477038: aptitude why doesn't work on automatically installed packages

2008-04-20 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 06:50:37PM +0300, "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Package: aptitude > Version: 0.4.11.2-1 > Severity: normal > > The 'why' command doesn't work when package is automatically installed. You mean *not* automatically installed, right? This

Bug#477038: aptitude why doesn't work on automatically installed packages

2008-04-20 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.11.2-1 Severity: normal The 'why' command doesn't work when package is automatically installed. Example: $ aptitude why laptop-detect The package "laptop-detect" is manually installed. $ sudo aptitude remove laptop-detect Reading package lists... Done Building dep