Bug#807413: apt: autoremoval of build-deps is broken

[Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>]

On 2015-12-08 Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 04:57:56PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
[...]
>> I see. Shouldn't Recommends/Suggests be ignored by autoremove when 
>> APT::Install-Recommends "false";
>> APT::Install-Suggests "false";
>> are set?

> No, that's set by

> APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant
> APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant	

Thanks, that helped.

Afaict these settings are not documented yet. Would you consider the
attached trivial patch?

cu Andreas
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diff -NurbBp apt-1.1.4/doc/examples/configure-index apt-1.1.4-doc/doc/examples/configure-index
--- apt-1.1.4/doc/examples/configure-index	2015-12-07 15:31:55.000000000 +0100
+++ apt-1.1.4-doc/doc/examples/configure-index	2015-12-08 19:49:42.552159198 +0100
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ APT
   // be installed by default
   Install-Recommends "true";
   Install-Suggests "false";
+  // reverse Recommends or Suggests prevent autoremoval
+  AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant "true";
+  AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant "true";
 
   // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
   Never-MarkAuto-Sections {"metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };