I believe the attached patch (committed to SVN) fixes this problem. Daniel
-- /------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------\ | "I've struggled with reality for thirty-five years, | | but I'm glad to say that I finally won." | | -- _Harvey_ | \---------------- The Turtle Moves! -- http://www.lspace.org ---------------/
Index: src/generic/aptcache.cc
===================================================================
--- src/generic/aptcache.cc (revision 3415)
+++ src/generic/aptcache.cc (working copy)
@@ -354,19 +354,19 @@
if(ver.VerStr()==estate.candver)
{
SetCandidateVersion(ver);
- MarkInstall(ver.ParentPkg());
+ MarkInstall(ver.ParentPkg(), false);
break;
}
}
else
if(i.CurrentVer().end())
- MarkInstall(i);
+ MarkInstall(i, false);
else
{
SetReInstall(i, estate.reinstall);
if(estate.upgrade && state.Upgradable())
- MarkInstall(i);
+ MarkInstall(i, false);
}
break;
case pkgCache::State::Hold:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- ChangeLog (revision 3415)
+++ ChangeLog (working copy)
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2005-06-22 Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ * src/generic/aptcache.cc:
+
+ Disable auto-installation of dependencies when restoring package
+ states, to make sure we reproduce the state the user expects and
+ to avoid ordering bugs (my goodness, how did this big gaping
+ monster manage to avoid detection for so long?).
+ Closes: #315359
+
2005-06-22 Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Updated Dutch translation
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