Bug#870674: marked as done (apt autoremove leaves behind packages)
Your message dated Fri, 4 Aug 2017 09:57:47 +0200
with message-id <20170804095247.GA26286@debian.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#870674: apt autoremove leaves behind packages
has caused the Debian Bug report #870674,
regarding apt autoremove leaves behind packages
to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: apt
Version: 1.4.7
Severity: normal
I check my number of packages, I have say 1350. I install a package 'Z' through
apt and have say 1400 packages.
I then remove and autoremove and purge package 'Z', and when I check the number
of packages, I have 1380 packages instead of 1350. What happened?
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
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-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
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deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable-updates main contrib non-free
-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* present) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
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ii debian-archive-keyring 2017.5
ii gpgv 2.1.18-6
ii init-system-helpers 1.48
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pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none>
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-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 08:19:29PM -0400, Lucas Reed wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.4.7
> Severity: normal
>
> I check my number of packages, I have say 1350. I install a package 'Z' through
> apt and have say 1400 packages.
>
> I then remove and autoremove and purge package 'Z', and when I check the number
> of packages, I have 1380 packages instead of 1350. What happened?
There are usually three parts at play:
(1) some of the newly installed packages are suggested by already installed
packages and APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant defaults to true
(2) If an installed package depends on A | B, and you now install B, it
will be kept too
(3) The auto remover - just like the dependency solver - is not perfect
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