[Bug 154982] Re: extended_states is modified even if --dry-run is used

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** Changed in: apt (Debian)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  extended_states is modified even if --dry-run is used

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “apt” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  
  I can now confirm that the simple one line patch
  previously mentioned, offered by David Kalnischkies
  in Debian bug #433007 fixes this problem.
  ===================================

  Binary package hint: apt

  I ran "apt-get -s install" on packages that had been Auto-Installed,
  and apt-get modified the Auto-Installed state (from "1" to "0").

  According to the man page, this should be a simulation and no system
  information should be changed.

  
  Here's a transcript of my attempt to first remove a package and
  then mark it's brothers as not-auto-installed.  Everything I did
  was with the -s flag, but still the state changed.

  
  root at tesla 752# apt-get -s remove openoffice.org-calc
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-draw libservlet2.4-java
    openoffice.org-math libhsqldb-java openoffice.org-base
  Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    openoffice.org openoffice.org-calc
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Remv openoffice.org [1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5]
  Remv openoffice.org-calc [1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5]

  
  root at tesla 753# apt-get -s install openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-draw libservlet2.4-java openoffice.org-math libhsqldb-java openoffice.org-base
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  openoffice.org-impress is already the newest version.
  openoffice.org-impress set to manual installed.
  openoffice.org-draw is already the newest version.
  openoffice.org-draw set to manual installed.
  libservlet2.4-java is already the newest version.
  libservlet2.4-java set to manual installed.
  openoffice.org-math is already the newest version.
  openoffice.org-math set to manual installed.
  libhsqldb-java is already the newest version.
  libhsqldb-java set to manual installed.
  openoffice.org-base is already the newest version.
  openoffice.org-base set to manual installed.
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

  
  root at tesla 754# apt-get -s remove openoffice.org-calc
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    openoffice.org openoffice.org-calc
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Remv openoffice.org [1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5]
  Remv openoffice.org-calc [1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5]

  
  root at tesla 755# egrep -A 1 "openoffice.org-impress|openoffice.org-draw|libservlet2.4-java|openoffice.org-math|libhsqldb-java|openoffice.org-base" /var/lib/apt/extended_states
  Package: libhsqldb-java
  Auto-Installed: 0
  --
  Package: openoffice.org-impress
  Auto-Installed: 0
  --
  Package: openoffice.org-draw
  Auto-Installed: 0
  --
  Package: libservlet2.4-java
  Auto-Installed: 0
  --
  Package: openoffice.org-math
  Auto-Installed: 0
  --
  Package: openoffice.org-base
  Auto-Installed: 0

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