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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/depcache.cc7
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog5
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
index bdb89b5ce..c29114a65 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
@@ -1638,8 +1638,11 @@ bool pkgDepCache::MarkRequired(InRootSetFunc &userFunc)
{
if(!(PkgState[p->ID].Flags & Flag::Auto) ||
(p->Flags & Flag::Essential) ||
- userFunc.InRootSet(p))
-
+ userFunc.InRootSet(p) ||
+ // be nice even then a required package violates the policy (#583517)
+ // and do the full mark process also for required packages
+ (p.CurrentVer().end() != true &&
+ p.CurrentVer()->Priority == pkgCache::State::Required))
{
// the package is installed (and set to keep)
if(PkgState[p->ID].Keep() && !p.CurrentVer().end())
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 028452751..ce7ff48b7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ apt (0.7.26~exp6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
- forward manual-installed bit on package disappearance
* apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc:
- add better config item for extended_states file
+ * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
+ - do the autoremove mark process also for required packages to handle
+ these illegally depending on lower priority packages (Closes: #583517)
- -- David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> Thu, 27 May 2010 17:34:51 +0200
+ -- David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> Fri, 28 May 2010 19:03:30 +0200
apt (0.7.26~exp5) experimental; urgency=low