4 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index e2276695..65dfbeef 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ int add_loadtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, char *name)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	/* set the reason to EXPLICIT by default
-	 * it will be overwritten in the case of an upgrade or a sync operation */
-	info->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
+	if(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLDEPS) {
+		info->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
+	}
 
 	/* add the package to the transaction */
 	trans->packages = pm_list_add(trans->packages, info);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index 9ec571b0..f0b92996 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ enum {
 #define PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE 0x10
 #define PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE 0x20
 #define PM_TRANS_FLAG_DBONLY  0x40
+#define PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLDEPS 0x80
 
 /* Transaction Events */
 enum {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index 784b9b07..eda87f18 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pmpkg_t *pkg_new(const char *name, const char *version)
 	pkg->size           = 0;
 	pkg->scriptlet      = 0;
 	pkg->force          = 0;
-	pkg->reason         = 0;
+	pkg->reason         = PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
 	pkg->requiredby     = NULL;
 	pkg->conflicts      = NULL;
 	pkg->files          = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 7908a484..f508b47b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -690,11 +690,7 @@ int sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, PMList **data)
 		 * end of the tr->packages list */
 		spkg = _alpm_list_last(tr->packages)->data;
 		if(sync->type == PM_SYNC_TYPE_DEPEND) {
-			/* ORE
-			 * if called from makepkg, reason should be set to PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND */
 			spkg->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND;
-		} else {
-			spkg->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
 		}
 	}
 	if(trans_prepare(tr, data) == -1) {