Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: synaptic
I just noticed this with the synaptic package manager this evening.
I searched for bluefish, and marked for installation.
Then I searched for cssed and marked for installation.
Then again for mlview.
Then I click 'apply' and see what's to be installed.
Now I change my mind, cancel the 'apply' and am back in Synaptics.
I de-selected mlview for installation, and so am just left with bluefish
and cssed.
-However-, the dependancies for mlview are still marked for
installation. I can see this when I look at the details for the
installation at the apply stage. There are lots of lib* and gnome
related packages that were required for mlview but not for the others so
should no longer be installed imo.
To confirm, I quit synaptics without applying the changes, and restart.
I choose bluefish and cssed for install and when looking at the details
none of the lib* or gnome related stuff is there.
I think what is required is that when a package is de-selected for
install, all the dependancies should be re-checked.
At least the dependancies for this package should be checked against any
other packages to be installed. If they are not required, they should
not be installed.
** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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not updating dependancies during package install
https://launchpad.net/bugs/53485
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