Using the test in debian bug 793360. $ sudo apt-mark showmanual >before $ sudo apt-get -o Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=true install ubuntu-standard [...] $ sudo apt-mark showmanual >after $ diff -u before after --- before 2017-10-04 11:36:41.967980781 -0700 +++ after 2017-10-04 11:37:47.615979019 -0700 @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ tar tzdata ubuntu-keyring +ubuntu-standard util-linux vim xz-utils
Only ubuntu-standard was marked as manually installed and none of its dependencies were. ubuntu-standard has a section of "metapackages" and some of my apt-config follows: # apt-config dump | grep Sections APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections ""; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "contrib/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1721364 Title: Never-MarkAuto-Sections not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1721364/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
