Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt
I ran "apt-get -s install" on packages that had been Auto-Installed, and apt-get modified the Auto-Installed state (from "1" to "0"). According to the man page, this should be a simulation and no system information should be changed. Here's a transcript of my attempt to first remove a package and then mark it's brothers as not-auto-installed. Everything I did was with the -s flag, but still the state changed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 752# apt-get -s remove openoffice.org-calc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-draw libservlet2.4-java openoffice.org-math libhsqldb-java openoffice.org-base Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: openoffice.org openoffice.org-calc 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Remv openoffice.org [1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5] Remv openoffice.org-calc [1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 753# apt-get -s install openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-draw libservlet2.4-java openoffice.org-math libhsqldb-java openoffice.org-base Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done openoffice.org-impress is already the newest version. openoffice.org-impress set to manual installed. openoffice.org-draw is already the newest version. openoffice.org-draw set to manual installed. libservlet2.4-java is already the newest version. libservlet2.4-java set to manual installed. openoffice.org-math is already the newest version. openoffice.org-math set to manual installed. libhsqldb-java is already the newest version. libhsqldb-java set to manual installed. openoffice.org-base is already the newest version. openoffice.org-base set to manual installed. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 754# apt-get -s remove openoffice.org-calc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: openoffice.org openoffice.org-calc 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Remv openoffice.org [1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5] Remv openoffice.org-calc [1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 755# egrep -A 1 "openoffice.org-impress|openoffice.org-draw|libservlet2.4-java|openoffice.org-math|libhsqldb-java|openoffice.org-base" /var/lib/apt/extended_states Package: libhsqldb-java Auto-Installed: 0 -- Package: openoffice.org-impress Auto-Installed: 0 -- Package: openoffice.org-draw Auto-Installed: 0 -- Package: libservlet2.4-java Auto-Installed: 0 -- Package: openoffice.org-math Auto-Installed: 0 -- Package: openoffice.org-base Auto-Installed: 0 ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- extended_states is modified even if --dry-run is used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs