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[David Kalnischkies <1479207@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Without verifying if these Ubuntu versions actually have my bad patch
("deprecate the Section member from package struct" - fixing the problem
of a package changing sections basically being randomly in one of these
sections) I would presume this is debbug #793360 aka: Never-Mark-Auto
doesn't apply on the dependencies of packages with the given sections,
but on the packages with the given section itself. Much more details
there.

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Title:
  Never-MarkAuto-Sections not working correctly

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in apt source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in apt source package in Vivid:
  New

Bug description:
  In current trusty, vivid, and wily, when you install ubuntu-minimal
  (from the "metapackages" section) in a clean chroot, some 75ish
  packages are installed.  If you then "apt-get --purge autoremove
  ubuntu-minimal", some large portion (between 20 and 40, depending on
  the target release) of those dependencies are removed again.

  If this test is repeated putting the release pocket version of
  apt/libapt on hold, the purge/autoremove only removes the metapackage,
  but none of its dependencies, so this is likely a regression brought
  on from the previous autoremoval fix.

  This bug is release-critical for the 14.04.3 point release, as we
  install using metapackages instead of tasks in point releases, thus
  meaning that anyone removing ubuntu-desktop for any reason will end up
  with dozens (potentially hundreds) of packages on the autoremoval
  list.

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