if (IsImportantDep(Start) == false)
continue;
- /* check if any ImportantDep() (but not Critial) where added
- * since we installed the package
+ /* Check if any ImportantDep() (but not Critical) were added
+ * since we installed the package. Also check for deps that
+ * were satisfied in the past: for instance, if a version
+ * restriction in a Recommends was tightened, upgrading the
+ * package should follow that Recommends rather than causing the
+ * dependency to be removed. (bug #470115)
*/
bool isNewImportantDep = false;
+ bool isPreviouslySatisfiedImportantDep = false;
if(!ForceImportantDeps && !Start.IsCritical())
{
bool found=false;
VerIterator instVer = Pkg.CurrentVer();
if(!instVer.end())
{
- for (DepIterator D = instVer.DependsList(); D.end() != true; D++)
- {
+ for (DepIterator D = instVer.DependsList(); D.end() != true; D++)
+ {
//FIXME: deal better with or-groups(?)
DepIterator LocalStart = D;
if(IsImportantDep(D) && Start.TargetPkg() == D.TargetPkg())
- found=true;
- }
+ {
+ if(!isPreviouslySatisfiedImportantDep)
+ {
+ DepIterator D2 = D;
+ while((D2->CompareOp & Dep::Or) != 0)
+ ++D2;
+
+ isPreviouslySatisfiedImportantDep =
+ (((*this)[D2] & DepGNow) != 0);
+ }
+
+ found=true;
+ }
+ }
// this is a new dep if it was not found to be already
// a important dep of the installed pacakge
isNewImportantDep = !found;
if(_config->FindB("Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall",false) == true)
std::clog << "new important dependency: "
<< Start.TargetPkg().Name() << std::endl;
+ if(isPreviouslySatisfiedImportantDep)
+ if(_config->FindB("Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall", false) == true)
+ std::clog << "previously satisfied important dependency on "
+ << Start.TargetPkg().Name() << std::endl;
// skip important deps if the package is already installed
if (Pkg->CurrentVer != 0 && Start.IsCritical() == false
- && !isNewImportantDep && !ForceImportantDeps)
+ && !isNewImportantDep && !isPreviouslySatisfiedImportantDep
+ && !ForceImportantDeps)
continue;
/* If we are in an or group locate the first or that can