use auto-install information to cancel install of automatic dependencies if reason for the install goes away
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
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.
| dom (dara-o-maoilmhichil) wrote | #1 |
| nanophase (nanophase) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in synaptic: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in synaptic: | |
| importance: | Untriaged → Wishlist |
by the way, I'm using xubuntu dd (6.06).
`uname -a` gives :
"Linux xubuntu-desktop 2.6.15-26-386 #1 PREEMPT Fri Jul 7 19:27:00 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux"