Bug#594689: apt 0.8.0 breaks autoremove

[Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>]

On 2010-08-28 David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies+debian@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> first of all: Thanks for your excellent report!

> 2010/8/28 Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>:
> > since todays upgrade (apt 0.7.25.3 -> 0.8.0) autoremove is broken.
[...]
> No data is lost and in the case someone is in a hurry for autoremove:
> Workaround it by providing a APT::NeverRemove list int the configs.
> So at least we don't need to break the transition now…

Hello,

thanks for the supersonic diagnosis, fix and workaround. Amazing.

I can confirm that adding

// temporary workaround for #594689
APT::NeverRemove { "dpkg";  };

to /etc/apt/apt.conf really fixed the issue for me. If anybody else
stumbles upon this bug and needs a workaround he can do a copy and
paste instead of pondering the correct syntax for a minute or two. ;-)

cu andreas