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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/depcache.cc7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
index bdb89b5ce..c29114a65 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
@@ -1638,8 +1638,11 @@ bool pkgDepCache::MarkRequired(InRootSetFunc &userFunc)
{
if(!(PkgState[p->ID].Flags & Flag::Auto) ||
(p->Flags & Flag::Essential) ||
- userFunc.InRootSet(p))
-
+ userFunc.InRootSet(p) ||
+ // be nice even then a required package violates the policy (#583517)
+ // and do the full mark process also for required packages
+ (p.CurrentVer().end() != true &&
+ p.CurrentVer()->Priority == pkgCache::State::Required))
{
// the package is installed (and set to keep)
if(PkgState[p->ID].Keep() && !p.CurrentVer().end())