Bug#841311: mk-build-deps: Please mark dependencies as auto-installed

[Michael Biebl]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.16.8
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/mk-build-deps

Hi,

when installing build-dependencies of a package, I usually use
(sudo) mk-build-depends -i

All the dependencies that are installed by that command are marked as
manually installed.
As a result, removing the foo-build-deps package again, will not
autoremove the pulled in dependencies.
It would be nice if those were marked as auto so a
apt autoremove can clean those up.

Regards,
Michael


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev     1.18.10
ii  libc6        2.24-5
ii  perl         5.24.1~rc3-3
pn  python3:any  <none>

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  apt                         1.3.1
ii  at                          3.1.20-1
ii  curl                        7.50.1-1
ii  dctrl-tools                 2.24-2
ii  debian-keyring              2016.09.04
ii  dput-ng [dput]              1.10
ii  equivs                      2.0.9+nmu1
ii  fakeroot                    1.21-2
ii  file                        1:5.28-4
ii  gnupg                       2.1.15-4
ii  gnupg2                      2.1.15-4
ii  libdistro-info-perl         0.14
ii  libencode-locale-perl       1.05-1
ii  liblwp-protocol-https-perl  6.06-2
ii  libsoap-lite-perl           1.20-1
ii  liburi-perl                 1.71-1
ii  libwww-perl                 6.15-1
ii  licensecheck                3.0.24-1
ii  lintian                     2.5.48
ii  man-db                      2.7.5-1
ii  patch                       2.7.5-1
ii  patchutils                  0.3.4-1
ii  python3-debian              0.1.29
ii  python3-magic               1:5.28-4
ii  sensible-utils              0.0.9
ii  strace                      4.13-0.1
ii  unzip                       6.0-20
ii  wdiff                       1.2.2-1+b1
ii  wget                        1.18-4
ii  xz-utils                    5.2.2-1.2

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
pn  adequate                     <none>
ii  autopkgtest                  4.1
pn  bls-standalone               <none>
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-3
ii  build-essential              12.2
pn  check-all-the-things         <none>
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
pn  devscripts-el                <none>
pn  diffoscope                   <none>
pn  disorderfs                   <none>
pn  dose-extra                   <none>
pn  duck                         <none>
ii  faketime                     0.9.6-7
ii  gnuplot                      5.0.4+dfsg1-3
ii  gpgv                         2.1.15-4
pn  how-can-i-help               <none>
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          2.1600-1
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.22-1
ii  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl         1.03-1
pn  libterm-size-perl            <none>
ii  libtimedate-perl             2.3000-2
pn  libyaml-syck-perl            <none>
pn  mozilla-devscripts           <none>
ii  mutt                         1.7.1-2
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:7.3p1-1
pn  piuparts                     <none>
pn  ratt                         <none>
pn  reprotest                    <none>
ii  svn-buildpackage             0.8.6
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-31

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