On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:31:50 -0800 Daniel Burrows <dburr...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 08:59:28PM -0500, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> was > heard to say: > > Hi, > > > > The package 'libx264-78' is installed on my (Sid) system: > > > > ~# aptitude why libx264-78 > > i gnome-mplayer Depends mplayer (>= 1.0~) | mplayer-nogui (>= 1.0~) > > i A mplayer Depends libx264-78 (>= 1:0.svn20091101) > > > > Aptitude shows it in the 'Obsolete and Locally Created Packages' > > section. When I try to upgrade the system, aptitude (initially) > > suggests that I keep this package, but whenever I accept the > > suggestion, the package's status of 'automatically installed' goes > > away, and it becomes marked as manually installed (which is certainly > > not what I want, since I have no idea what the thing is - I just want > > mplayer to be happy). > > Before you enter the resolver, is libx264-78 being removed as unused? No, since it's needed by mplayer. > After you accept its suggestion, is libx264-78 still required by the > version of mplayer being installed? Yes. > > This doesn't seem to happen to most packages - > > does this have anything to do with the fact that it's 'obsolete' (i.e., > > currently not available in the archives)? Is this a bug? > > It sounds like a bug. The resolver shouldn't touch automatic flags > except to set them to "true" (for new installs). Hm, I thought I had already filed one, but it seems that I hadn't. Well, now I have: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=561747 Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
