* apt-pkg/depcache.cc:

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / depcache.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
index bdb89b5ce19c41fe834eaf2301a128f599945042..c29114a6517d5d36a1591af4c7329aa94438d73f 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
@@ -1638,8 +1638,11 @@ bool pkgDepCache::MarkRequired(InRootSetFunc &userFunc)
    {
       if(!(PkgState[p->ID].Flags & Flag::Auto) ||
          (p->Flags & Flag::Essential) ||
-         userFunc.InRootSet(p))
-          
+         userFunc.InRootSet(p) ||
+         // be nice even then a required package violates the policy (#583517)
+         // and do the full mark process also for required packages
+         (p.CurrentVer().end() != true &&
+          p.CurrentVer()->Priority == pkgCache::State::Required))
       {
         // the package is installed (and set to keep)
         if(PkgState[p->ID].Keep() && !p.CurrentVer().end())