* apt-pkg/depcache.cc:

  - added "APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section" and consider dependencies 
    of packages in this section manual
* debian/apt.conf.ubuntu:
  - added APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section "metapackages";

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
index 81e1eeb33..fe8a617ac 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
@@ -955,11 +955,23 @@ void pkgDepCache::MarkInstall(PkgIterator const &Pkg,bool AutoInst,
 	       std::clog << "Installing " << InstPkg.Name() 
 			 << " as dep of " << Pkg.Name() 
 			 << std::endl;
-	    MarkInstall(InstPkg,true,Depth + 1, false, ForceImportantDeps);
 
-	    // Set the autoflag, after MarkInstall because MarkInstall unsets it
-	    if (P->CurrentVer == 0)
-	       PkgState[InstPkg->ID].Flags |= Flag::Auto;
+	    // now check if we should consider it a automatic dependency or not
+	    string sec = _config->Find("APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section","");
+	    if(Pkg.Section() && (string(Pkg.Section()) ==  sec))
+	    {
+	       if(_config->FindB("Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall",false) == true)
+		  std::clog << "Setting NOT as auto-installed because its a direct dep of a package in section " << sec << std::endl;
+	       MarkInstall(InstPkg,true,Depth + 1, true, ForceImportantDeps);
+	    }
+	    else 
+	    {
+	       // mark automatic dependency
+	       MarkInstall(InstPkg,true,Depth + 1, false, ForceImportantDeps);
+	       // Set the autoflag, after MarkInstall because MarkInstall unsets it
+	       if (P->CurrentVer == 0)
+		  PkgState[InstPkg->ID].Flags |= Flag::Auto;
+	    }
 	 }
 	 continue;
       }