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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
index 5c9cf6d4b..947e060e3 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc
@@ -255,9 +255,13 @@ bool debListParser::UsePackage(pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg,
if (Pkg->Section == 0)
Pkg->Section = UniqFindTagWrite("Section");
- // Packages which are not from "our" arch doesn't get the essential flag
+ // Packages which are not from the "native" arch doesn't get the essential flag
+ // in the default "native" mode - it is also possible to mark "all" or "none".
+ // The "installed" mode is handled by ParseStatus(), See #544481 and friends.
string const static myArch = _config->Find("APT::Architecture");
- if (Pkg->Arch != 0 && myArch == Pkg.Arch())
+ string const static essential = _config->Find("pkgCacheGen::Essential", "native");
+ if ((essential == "native" && Pkg->Arch != 0 && myArch == Pkg.Arch()) ||
+ essential == "all")
if (Section.FindFlag("Essential",Pkg->Flags,pkgCache::Flag::Essential) == false)
return false;
if (Section.FindFlag("Important",Pkg->Flags,pkgCache::Flag::Important) == false)
@@ -333,7 +337,13 @@ bool debListParser::ParseStatus(pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg,
const char *Stop;
if (Section.Find("Status",Start,Stop) == false)
return true;
-
+
+ // UsePackage() is responsible for setting the flag in the default case
+ bool const static essential = _config->Find("pkgCacheGen::Essential", "") == "installed";
+ if (essential == true &&
+ Section.FindFlag("Essential",Pkg->Flags,pkgCache::Flag::Essential) == false)
+ return false;
+
// Isolate the first word
const char *I = Start;
for(; I < Stop && *I != ' '; I++);