[Bug 1401008] [NEW] does not automatically deinstall libqt4-dev when it should

[Rolf Leggewie]

Public bug reported:

I observed on my trusty box that aptitude keeps libqt4-dev even though
it is marked as automatically installed and no other package depends on
or recommends it.

$ sudo aptitude show libqt4-dev|grep Auto
Automatically installed: yes
$ aptitude why libqt4-dev
i   postbooks-updater Depends  libqt4-sql-psql
i A libqt4-sql-psql   Suggests libqt4-dev 

In other words, there is no package on the system that at least depends
on or recommends libqt4-dev to be installed.  Since the package is
marked as automatically installed aptitude should offer to remove it
which for some unknown reason does not happen

** Affects: aptitude (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: trusty

** Attachment added: "compressed output of "aptitude -v why libqt4-dev""
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401008/+attachment/4277428/+files/libqt4-dev.dependency.log.bz2

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Title:
  does not automatically deinstall libqt4-dev when it should

Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I observed on my trusty box that aptitude keeps libqt4-dev even though
  it is marked as automatically installed and no other package depends
  on or recommends it.

  $ sudo aptitude show libqt4-dev|grep Auto
  Automatically installed: yes
  $ aptitude why libqt4-dev
  i   postbooks-updater Depends  libqt4-sql-psql
  i A libqt4-sql-psql   Suggests libqt4-dev 

  In other words, there is no package on the system that at least
  depends on or recommends libqt4-dev to be installed.  Since the
  package is marked as automatically installed aptitude should offer to
  remove it which for some unknown reason does not happen

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