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apt-get autoremove not working

Bug #616407 reported by Devport
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Nominated for Maverick by Matej Spindler

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt

On Maverick ( apt-0.7.26~exp12ubuntu4 ) apt-get autoremove does not find any removable package. Same applies for synaptic which doesn't show any of many available removable packages.

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Devport (devport) wrote :

The bug was not there right after updating to Maverick alpha 3. It appeared at the same time as bug #611925 for me.

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Hernando Torque (htorque) wrote :

Reproducible with a daily live image: just install and remove smartmontools - it will leave bsd-mailx and postfix behind (not marked for automatic removal).

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Hernando Torque (htorque) wrote :

Added the upstream bug report. The workaround seems to work fine: I just put "APT::NeverRemove { "dpkg"; };" into a new file "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99autoremovebug" and then did a "sudo apt-get autoremove" which removed a bunch of packages.

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Devport (devport) wrote :

Thanks ! The workaround works fine and finally I can get rid of unused packages again.

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Krzysztof Klimonda (kklimonda) wrote :

It has been fixed in apt 0.8.0ubuntu3

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Changed in apt:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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