[Bug 896755] Re: python-software-properties should not depend on unattended-upgrades

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  python-software-properties should not depend on unattended-upgrades

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After upgrading to 11.10, attempting to remove the unattended-upgrades
  package now forces me to remove python-software-properties, which in
  turn wants to remove nearly 100 other packages which I still need.

  I can see no reason for a normal package to depend on unattended-
  upgrades: if anyone can supply one then I'll happily cancel this
  request.

  Yes, I know I can disable the unattended-upgrades without actually
  removing the package, but that is not the point: packages should not
  introduce unnecessary dependencies. In fact, this appears to be the
  only package in the entire system which has a dependency on
  unattended-upgrades:

  # apt-rdepends -r unattended-upgrades
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  unattended-upgrades
    Reverse Depends: python-software-properties (0.81.10)

  This is mentioned in the upstream bug report at http://bugs.debian.org
  /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447701, which appears to be over 4 years
  old with no sign of action.

  Further information:

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:        11.10

  $ apt-cache policy python-software-properties
  python-software-properties:
    Installed: 0.81.13.1
    Candidate: 0.81.13.1
    Version table:
   *** 0.81.13.1 0
          500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.81.10 0
          500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages

  What I expect to happen:

  * removing unattended-upgrades should not remove any other packages

  What actually happened:

  * removing unattended-upgrades forces the removeal ov nearly 100 other
  packages, which I still need.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: python-software-properties 0.81.13.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Nov 27 12:48:49 2011
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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