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-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-get.cc3
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml13
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index be4b46857..6949dc6eb 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ bool DoUpdate(CommandLine &CmdL)
bool DoAutomaticRemove(CacheFile &Cache)
{
bool Debug = _config->FindI("Debug::pkgAutoRemove",false);
- bool doAutoRemove = _config->FindB("APT::Get::AutomaticRemove");
+ bool doAutoRemove = _config->FindB("APT::Get::AutomaticRemove", false);
pkgDepCache::ActionGroup group(*Cache);
@@ -2621,7 +2621,6 @@ void GetInitialize()
_config->Set("APT::Get::Fix-Broken",false);
_config->Set("APT::Get::Force-Yes",false);
_config->Set("APT::Get::List-Cleanup",true);
- _config->Set("APT::Get::AutomaticRemove",false);
}
/*}}}*/
// SigWinch - Window size change signal handler /*{{{*/
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 17f663a35..3c245b83b 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
<arg>check</arg>
<arg>clean</arg>
<arg>autoclean</arg>
+ <arg>autoremove</arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -203,6 +204,11 @@
<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
+ installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
@@ -382,6 +388,13 @@
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
+ then this option acts like running <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused
+ dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
<listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
<literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>