[Aptitude-devel] Bug#999766: Bug#999766: aptitude: in the TUI, with "+m" on a piA package, aptitude doesn't remember the manually installed state

[Axel Beckert]

Control: tag -1 + confirmed

Hi Vincent,

thanks for the detailed bug report with all the steps to reproduce.

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> With ksh 2020.0.0+really93u+20120801-10 installed and ksh93u+m not yet
> installed, I have the following issue (always reproducible):
> 
> # aptitude
> 
> 1. I type 'U' to upgrade. I get
> 
> aptitude 0.8.13 @ cventin   #Broken: 1   Disk: -151 MB         DL: 123 MB/123 MB
> 
> [1(1)/...] Actions: 7 keeps
> e: Examine  !: Apply  .: Next  ,: Previous
> 
> 2. I type 'g' to perform the pending operations, keeping these
> unrelated packages. This gives:
> 
> --\ Packages to be upgraded (1)
> iu  ksh              -3312 kB  2020.0.0+really93u+20120 20210511
> --\ Packages being automatically installed to satisfy dependencies (1)
> piA ksh93u+m         +3284 kB  <none>                   1.0.0~beta.1-1
> 
> 3. Over ksh93u+m, I type '+m' (the '+' does nothing but it is actually
> important to reproduce the bug), where 'm' now declares ksh93u+m as to
> be manually installed.
[...]
> --\ Packages being removed because they are no longer used (1)
> idA ksh93u+m         -3284 kB  1.0.0~beta.1-1           1.0.0~beta.1-1
> 
> while this package should have been considered manually installed
> due to step 3.

Correct, I can reproduce it, also with just pressing "U" again instead
of quitting, i.e. it seems as if every action which writes down and
rereads the current state triggers this unexpected behaviour.

		Regards, Axel
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