* apt-pkg/depcache.cc:

  - added APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section variable - that will consider dependencies of packages in this section manual

apt-pkg/depcache.cc

@@ -907,7 +907,22 @@ void pkgDepCache::MarkInstall(PkgIterator const &Pkg,bool AutoInst,
 	       std::clog << "Installing " << InstPkg.Name() 
 			 << " as dep of " << Pkg.Name() 
 			 << std::endl;
-	   MarkInstall(InstPkg, true, Depth + 1, false);
+ 	    // now check if we should consider it a automatic dependency or not
+ 	    string sec = _config->Find("APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section","");
+ 	    if(Pkg.Section() && (string(Pkg.Section()) ==  sec))
+ 	    {
+ 	       if(_config->FindB("Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall",false) == true)
+ 		  std::clog << "Setting NOT as auto-installed because its a direct dep of a package in section " << sec << std::endl;
+ 	       MarkInstall(InstPkg,true,Depth + 1, true);
+ 	    }
+ 	    else 
+ 	    {
+ 	       // mark automatic dependency
+ 	       MarkInstall(InstPkg,true,Depth + 1, false);
+ 	       // Set the autoflag, after MarkInstall because MarkInstall unsets it
+ 	       if (P->CurrentVer == 0)
+ 		  PkgState[InstPkg->ID].Flags |= Flag::Auto;
+ 	    }
 	 }
 	 continue;
       }

doc/examples/configure-index

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ APT
   Cache-Limit "4194304";
   Default-Release "";
 
+  // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
+  Never-MarkAuto-Section "metapackages";
 
   // Write progress messages on this fd (for stuff like base-config)
   Status-Fd "-1";

po/apt-all.pot

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2006-09-06 18:58+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2007-03-14 11:44+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: cmdline/apt-cache.cc:1652 cmdline/apt-cdrom.cc:138 cmdline/apt-config.cc:70
 #: cmdline/apt-extracttemplates.cc:225 ftparchive/apt-ftparchive.cc:550
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2455 cmdline/apt-sortpkgs.cc:144
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2463 cmdline/apt-sortpkgs.cc:144
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s %s for %s %s compiled on %s %s\n"
 msgstr ""
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Y"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:143 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1569
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:143 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1577
 #, c-format
 msgid "Regex compilation error - %s"
 msgstr ""
@@ -705,11 +705,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Internal error, Ordering didn't finish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:792 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1886 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1919
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:792 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1894 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1927
 msgid "Unable to lock the download directory"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:802 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1967 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2203
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:802 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1975 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2211
 #: apt-pkg/cachefile.cc:67
 msgid "The list of sources could not be read."
 msgstr ""
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "After unpacking %sB disk space will be freed.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:847 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2057
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:847 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2065
 #, c-format
 msgid "Couldn't determine free space in %s"
 msgstr ""
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Do you want to continue [Y/n]? "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:962 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1366 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2100
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:962 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1366 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2108
 #, c-format
 msgid "Failed to fetch %s  %s\n"
 msgstr ""
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Some files failed to download"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:981 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2109
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:981 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2117
 msgid "Download complete and in download only mode"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -887,55 +887,59 @@ msgid ""
 "used instead."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1402
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1406
 msgid "We are not supposed to delete stuff, can't start AutoRemover"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1427
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1433
 msgid ""
-"The following packages where automatically installed and are no longer "
+"The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer "
 "required:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1432
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1435
+msgid "Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1440
 msgid ""
 "Hmm, seems like the AutoRemover destroyed something which really\n"
 "shouldn't happen. Please file a bug report against apt."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1435 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1637
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1443 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1645
 msgid "The following information may help to resolve the situation:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1439
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1447
 msgid "Internal Error, AutoRemover broke stuff"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1458
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1466
 msgid "Internal error, AllUpgrade broke stuff"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1556 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1592
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1564 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1600
 #, c-format
 msgid "Couldn't find package %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1579
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1587
 #, c-format
 msgid "Note, selecting %s for regex '%s'\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1609
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1617
 msgid "You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1612
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1620
 msgid ""
 "Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a "
 "solution)."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1624
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1632
 msgid ""
 "Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have\n"
 "requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable\n"
@@ -943,159 +947,159 @@ msgid ""
 "or been moved out of Incoming."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1632
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1640
 msgid ""
 "Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that\n"
 "the package is simply not installable and a bug report against\n"
 "that package should be filed."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1640
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1648
 msgid "Broken packages"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1669
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1677
 msgid "The following extra packages will be installed:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1758
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1766
 msgid "Suggested packages:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1759
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1767
 msgid "Recommended packages:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1779
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1787
 msgid "Calculating upgrade... "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1782 methods/ftp.cc:702 methods/connect.cc:101
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1790 methods/ftp.cc:702 methods/connect.cc:101
 msgid "Failed"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1787
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1795
 msgid "Done"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1854 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1862
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1862 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1870
 msgid "Internal error, problem resolver broke stuff"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1962
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1970
 msgid "Must specify at least one package to fetch source for"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1992 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2221
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2000 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2229
 #, c-format
 msgid "Unable to find a source package for %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2036
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2044
 #, c-format
 msgid "Skipping already downloaded file '%s'\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2060
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2068
 #, c-format
 msgid "You don't have enough free space in %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2065
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2073
 #, c-format
 msgid "Need to get %sB/%sB of source archives.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2068
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2076
 #, c-format
 msgid "Need to get %sB of source archives.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2074
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2082
 #, c-format
 msgid "Fetch source %s\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2105
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2113
 msgid "Failed to fetch some archives."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2133
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2141
 #, c-format
 msgid "Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in %s\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2145
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2153
 #, c-format
 msgid "Unpack command '%s' failed.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2146
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2154
 #, c-format
 msgid "Check if the 'dpkg-dev' package is installed.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2163
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2171
 #, c-format
 msgid "Build command '%s' failed.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2182
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2190
 msgid "Child process failed"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2198
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2206
 msgid "Must specify at least one package to check builddeps for"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2226
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2234
 #, c-format
 msgid "Unable to get build-dependency information for %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2246
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2254
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s has no build depends.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2298
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2306
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "%s dependency for %s cannot be satisfied because the package %s cannot be "
 "found"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2350
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2358
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "%s dependency for %s cannot be satisfied because no available versions of "
 "package %s can satisfy version requirements"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2385
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2393
 #, c-format
 msgid "Failed to satisfy %s dependency for %s: Installed package %s is too new"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2410
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2418
 #, c-format
 msgid "Failed to satisfy %s dependency for %s: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2424
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2432
 #, c-format
 msgid "Build-dependencies for %s could not be satisfied."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2428
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2436
 msgid "Failed to process build dependencies"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2460
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2468
 msgid "Supported modules:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2501
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2509
 msgid ""
 "Usage: apt-get [options] command\n"
 "       apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]\n"
@@ -2206,7 +2210,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Malformed line %u in source list %s (vendor id)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc:402
+#: apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc:403
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential "