I confirm this bug has already been solved. I've just installed version 0.8.3ubuntu7 and problem doesn't occur anymore.
Thanks again for your patience. >----Messaggio originale---- >Da: 756...@bugs.launchpad.net >Data: 11/04/2011 10.42 >A: <bin...@libero.it> >Ogg: R: [Bug 756562] Re: Automatic removal for auto-installed dependencies > >Probably you are right because the version of "apt" I use is "0.7.25.3 ubuntu9. >3" on Ubuntu 10.04.2. >So if this bug has already been answered, I apologize for the unnecessary >alert. >I will try to install and test version "0.8.3ubuntu7" from Ubuntu 10.10 >repositories and eventually I will let you know if I will encounter any >problem. > >Thanks for your reply. > > >>----Messaggio originale---- >>Da: 756...@bugs.launchpad.net >>Data: 10/04/2011 16.01 >>A: <bin...@libero.it> >>Ogg: [Bug 756562] Re: Automatic removal for auto-installed dependencies >> >>Which version of APT we are talking about? >> >>I at least can't reproduce it here with 0.8.13.3 (unreleased debian >>version) and we have a testcase checking this (beside other things >>test/integration/test-apt-get-autoremove). >> >>I think I have fixed this issue before the release of 0.8 but can't find >>a changelog entry for it currently, so my mind maybe just plays a trick >>on me and i did something wrong while trying to reproduce it… >> >>-- >>You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >>of the bug. >>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/756562 >> >>Title: >> Automatic removal for auto-installed dependencies >> >>Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: >> New >> >>Bug description: >> Binary package hint: apt >> >> As you know, if an auto-installed dependency is removed, its extended >> state remains in file "/var/lib/apt/extended_states" also after >> removal. >> >> So, for example, if I install "bum" using apt-get, as "bum" depends on >"menu", "menu" will also be installed and marked as auto-installed. >> If then I uninstall "bum", even "menu" will be signaled for auto-removal, >and now if we go to check the "extended_states" file, we will see that the >entry for "menu" is still present and still shows the package as auto- >installed. >> >> I think this is uncorrect. I think that its entry should be deleted or >> at least marked as "not auto-installed". >> >> I think so because if, for example, I manually re-install "menu" >> through "dpkg", using a ".deb" file not present in repositories, >> "menu" extended state would continue to appear as auto-installed and >> if now, for example, I reinstall "bum" (using apt-get) and then, >> later, I remove "bum" again, "menu" will be reported (by apt-get) for >> auto-removal, and this is not correct because if, for example, I >> install "menu" for first and "bum" for second, by two apt-get separate >> sessions, both packages would result marked as "not auto-installed". >> >>To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: >>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/756562/+subscribe >> > >-- >You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >of the bug. >https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/756562 > >Title: > Automatic removal for auto-installed dependencies > >Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: > New > >Bug description: > Binary package hint: apt > > As you know, if an auto-installed dependency is removed, its extended > state remains in file "/var/lib/apt/extended_states" also after > removal. > > So, for example, if I install "bum" using apt-get, as "bum" depends on "menu", "menu" will also be installed and marked as auto-installed. > If then I uninstall "bum", even "menu" will be signaled for auto-removal, and now if we go to check the "extended_states" file, we will see that the entry for "menu" is still present and still shows the package as auto- installed. > > I think this is uncorrect. I think that its entry should be deleted or > at least marked as "not auto-installed". > > I think so because if, for example, I manually re-install "menu" > through "dpkg", using a ".deb" file not present in repositories, > "menu" extended state would continue to appear as auto-installed and > if now, for example, I reinstall "bum" (using apt-get) and then, > later, I remove "bum" again, "menu" will be reported (by apt-get) for > auto-removal, and this is not correct because if, for example, I > install "menu" for first and "bum" for second, by two apt-get separate > sessions, both packages would result marked as "not auto-installed". > >To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/756562/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/756562 Title: Automatic removal for auto-installed dependencies -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
