hdante, thanks for contributing. I can confirm this bug in Jaunty.
~$ apt-cache policy aptitude
aptitude:
Installed: 0.4.11.10-1lenny1.1ubuntu1
Candidate: 0.4.11.10-1lenny1.1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 0.4.11.10-1lenny1.1ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Steps to reproduce:
1) $ sudo aptitude install gcc-3.4
results in:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
cpp-3.4{a} gcc-3.4 gcc-3.4-base{a}
2) $ sudo aptitude purge gcc-3.4
results in:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gcc-3.4{p}
3) apt-get autoremove
results in:
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
gcc-3.4-base cpp-3.4
** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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aptitude does not automatically remove unused packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305504
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