[Bug 248268] Re: Packages installed with apt-get build-dep should be set to auto-installed for easy removal

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       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  Packages installed with apt-get build-dep should be set to auto-
  installed for easy removal

Status in APT:
  Fix Released
Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  Reference Debian bug report #448743. I just submitted a patch for
  fixing this behaviour there.

  When installing a package's build-dependancies, they are all marked
  manually-installed. This creates a situation where they must all be
  manually removed afterwards. (usually uninstalling libc6-dev takes
  care of a large portion)

  orion at eris:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep bash
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    autoconf autotools-dev bison libncurses5-dev m4 tex-common texi2html texinfo texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-latex-base
  0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
  Need to get 14.9MB of archives.

  orion at eris:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.

  
  This patch sets the status of the installed build-dependancies to Auto, so that they are available for removal with apt-get autoremove.

  orion at eris:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep bash
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    autoconf autotools-dev bison libncurses5-dev m4 tex-common texi2html texinfo texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-latex-base
  0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
  Need to get 14.9MB of archives.

  orion at eris:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    texlive-common texi2html bison libncurses5-dev texlive-base-bin texlive-latex-base autoconf texlive-base texlive-doc-base autotools-dev tex-common texinfo
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    autoconf* autotools-dev* bison* libncurses5-dev* tex-common* texi2html* texinfo* texlive-base* texlive-base-bin* texlive-common* texlive-doc-base* texlive-latex-base*
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 12 to remove and 16 not upgraded.


  This patch applies cleanly to apt currently in hardy (0.7.9ubuntu17),
  at least through apt currently in debian/unstable (0.7.14).

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