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-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-get.cc5
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index 2dcee9ab4..75d375453 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
// -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
// Description /*{{{*/
-// $Id: apt-get.cc,v 1.130 2003/05/19 17:30:12 doogie Exp $
+// $Id: apt-get.cc,v 1.131 2003/07/22 01:49:26 mdz Exp $
/* ######################################################################
apt-get - Cover for dpkg
@@ -685,7 +685,8 @@ bool InstallPackages(CacheFile &Cache,bool ShwKept,bool Ask = true,
if (_config->FindB("APT::Get::Show-Upgraded",false) == true)
ShowUpgraded(c1out,Cache);
Fail |= !ShowDowngraded(c1out,Cache);
- Essential = !ShowEssential(c1out,Cache);
+ if (_config->FindB("APT::Get::Download-Only",false) == false)
+ Essential = !ShowEssential(c1out,Cache);
Fail |= Essential;
Stats(c1out,Cache);
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 93c3b3e64..4c7da1d48 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ apt (0.5.7) unstable; urgency=low
* Update control file to match overrides (apt priority important,
libapt-pkg-dev section libdevel)
+ * Silence the essential packages check if we are only downloading
+ archives and not changing the system (Closes: #190862)
+ *
--