Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apt
i did an 'apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop' on standard edgy so that i
could then 'apt-get remove evolution etc'
as expected this worked fine and my system wasnt effected - great job
developers!!
only one slight problem - i am now advised that almost all packages
related to the desktop are no longer required and can be removed by
'apt-get autoremove'
but - this is actually a feature - since they were all presumably
installed by ubuntu-desktop
the problem and bug is this - that when i explicitly install all the packages
in the list they are still considered no longer required...they should not be
considered as such when they have been explicitly installed...
-i need an answer to this in part because i want to make a custom ubuntu-distro
so any advice in this direction would help - e.g. does the problem emerge if a
system is installed without ubuntu-desktop but with all packages from a
customized live-cd?
so for example i do 'apt-get install f-spot' and get this output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
f-spot is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
f-spot libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a tomboy evolution-webcal ekiga libglew1
openoffice.org-gnome gimp-print
.....blablabla LOTS OF PACKAGES.........
ssh-askpass-gnome linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic sound-juicer libpisync0
hplip-data lftp
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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autoremove function doesnt behave appropriately
https://launchpad.net/bugs/72007
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