On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:16:39PM +0200, Michael Hofmann wrote: > I implemented a solution for testing in apt, which goes as follows: > > dpkg needs to be patched to provide a additional field: Automatic-Remove. It > can contain the values: > - "Manual" - this field is the default and is not written to > /var/lib/dpkg/status, this is like before, manual handling > - "Required" - get uninstalled if the package is not required anymore, that > means there are no more depends, but maybe suggests and recommends > - "Recommended" - get uninstalled if the package is not required or > recommended anymore, but maybe suggests > - "Suggested" - get uninstalled if the package is not required, recommended > and suggested anymore
I think the consensus in the past has been that having package selection information (which is what this is) in the dpkg status file is a bug, and we shouldn't encourage it. This information should probably be confined to the apt layer. I haven't had a chance to review your patches yet... -- - mdz
