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Subject: Bug#477038: aptitude why doesn't work on automatically	installed packages
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On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 06:50:37PM +0300, "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.4.11.2-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> The 'why' command doesn't work when package is automatically installed.

  You mean *not* automatically installed, right?

  This is expected behavior.  When "why" is run with only a target, it
tries to find the package that's keeping the automatically installed
target on the system.  If the target is manually installed, the search
would terminate immediately (because the package is keeping itself on
the system).

  You can give the search a different starting point if you want something
else, e.g.,

aptitude why '?installed ?not(?name(^laptop-detect$))' laptop-detect

  Daniel



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