Bug#1081193: apt: please implement purge-build-dep

[Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>]

Package: apt
Version: 2.9.8
Severity: wishlist

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In its current form, 'apt-get build-dep package' pulls all Build-Depends for 'package' and marks them as manually installed, which means that they won't be removed when later running 'apt-get --purge autoremove'. It would therefore be desirable for apt-get to have a method for recursively removing Build-Depends for 'package' either via an --option or via its own command.

Thanks!
Martin-Éric

- -- Package-specific info:

- -- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) --


- -- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/funkyware.pref present, but not submitted) --


- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/funkyware.list present, but not submitted) --


- -- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-25-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: unable to detect
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.137
ii  base-passwd             3.6.4
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2023.4
ii  gpgv                    2.2.43-8+b1
ii  libapt-pkg6.0t64        2.9.8
ii  libc6                   2.40-2
ii  libgcc-s1               14.2.0-4
ii  libgnutls30t64          3.8.6-2
ii  libseccomp2             2.5.5-1+b1
ii  libstdc++6              14.2.0-4
ii  libsystemd0             256.5-2

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20240203

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc                      <none>
pn  aptitude | synaptic | wajig  <none>
ii  dpkg-dev                     1.22.11
ii  gnupg                        2.2.43-8
ii  powermgmt-base               1.37+nmu1

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