Bug#549089: apt: Please add support for temporary packages

2016-11-23 Thread Tianon Gravi
On 23 November 2016 at 14:37, Tianon Gravi wrote: > I realized that a clean way to handle this would be some way to just > tell "apt-get install" to _not_ mark the packages as manually > installed -- if they're already marked, leave their markings alone, > otherwise mark them as auto (akin to Gent

Bug#549089: apt: Please add support for temporary packages

2016-11-23 Thread Tianon Gravi
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:34:58 +0200 Gabriele Tozzi wrote: > It would be nice to having a function to mark a package (and all it's > automatically installed dependencies) as "temporary" when installing > it. So one can safely test a software and then remove it without leaving > a lot of unnecessary

Bug#549089: apt: Please add support for temporary packages

2009-10-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Gabriele Tozzi writes: > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.24 > Severity: wishlist > > It would be nice to having a function to mark a package (and all it's > automatically installed dependencies) as "temporary" when installing > it. So one can safely test a software and then remove it without leaving

Bug#549089: apt: Please add support for temporary packages

2009-09-30 Thread Gabriele Tozzi
Package: apt Version: 0.7.24 Severity: wishlist It would be nice to having a function to mark a package (and all it's automatically installed dependencies) as "temporary" when installing it. So one can safely test a software and then remove it without leaving a lot of unnecessary junk in the syste