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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm unable to recreate this on utopic or vivid.

(utopic-amd64)root@impulse:~# apt-get autoremove ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  init iso-codes lsb-release python-apt-common python3-apt python3-distupgrade python3-update-manager ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 78 not upgraded.
After this operation, 18.7 MB disk space will be freed.


** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: High => Medium

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1419839

Title:
  autoremove does not auto-remove unneeded dependencies

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  To reproduce:

  ### Install 'synaptic'
  $ sudo apt-get install synaptic
  [...]
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    docbook-xml libcairo-perl libept1.4.12 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl
    libpango-perl librarian0 rarian-compat sgml-data synaptic

  ### Nothing wrong with apt markings
  $ apt-mark showauto docbook-xml libcairo-perl libept1.4.12 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl libpango-perl librarian0 rarian-compat sgml-data synaptic
  docbook-xml
  libcairo-perl
  libept1.4.12
  libglib-perl
  libgtk2-perl
  libpango-perl
  librarian0
  rarian-compat
  sgml-data

  $ apt-mark showmanual docbook-xml libcairo-perl libept1.4.12 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl libpango-perl librarian0 rarian-compat sgml-data synaptic
  synaptic

  ### Autoremove 'synaptic' - doesn't remove the 9 dependencies.
  $ sudo apt-get autoremove synaptic
  [...]
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    synaptic

  ### Check for unknown dependencies - none found
  $ sudo apt-get remove docbook-xml libcairo-perl libept1.4.12 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl libpango-perl librarian0 rarian-compat sgml-data synaptic
  [...]
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    docbook-xml libcairo-perl libept1.4.12 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl
    libpango-perl librarian0 rarian-compat sgml-data synaptic

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: apt 1.0.9.2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Feb  9 09:06:19 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-18 (52 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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