6 files changed, 51 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 82358750..bbb25c64 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Remove Options[[RO]]
 	that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were not
 	explicitly installed by the user. This operation is recursive and analogous
 	to a backwards '\--sync' operation, and helps keep a clean system without
-	orphans.
+	orphans. If you want to omit condition (B), pass this option twice.
 
 *-u, \--unneeded*::
 	Removes the targets that are not required by any other packages.
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index 8e8446a2..b5294b90 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ typedef enum _pmtransflag_t {
 	PM_TRANS_FLAG_PRINTURIS = 0x1000,
 	PM_TRANS_FLAG_NEEDED = 0x2000,
 	PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLEXPLICIT = 0x4000,
-	PM_TRANS_FLAG_UNNEEDED = 0x8000
+	PM_TRANS_FLAG_UNNEEDED = 0x8000,
+	PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL = 0x10000
 } pmtransflag_t;
 
 /* Transaction Events */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index b6ed115a..c04dab69 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	if(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "finding removable dependencies\n");
-		_alpm_recursedeps(db, trans->packages, 0);
+		_alpm_recursedeps(db, trans->packages, trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL);
 	}
 
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS)) {
diff --git a/pactest/tests/remove050.py b/pactest/tests/remove050.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44b0d18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/remove050.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+self.description = "-Rs test (exclude explicit)"
+
+lp1 = pmpkg("pkg1")
+lp1.depends = ["pkg2" , "pkg3"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp1)
+
+lp2 = pmpkg("pkg2")
+lp2.reason = 1
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp2)
+
+lp3 = pmpkg("pkg3")
+lp3.reason = 0
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp3)
+
+self.args = "-Rs %s" % lp1.name
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg1")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg2")
+self.addrule("PKG_EXIST=pkg3")
diff --git a/pactest/tests/remove051.py b/pactest/tests/remove051.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bba87bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/remove051.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+self.description = "-Rss test (include explicit)"
+
+lp1 = pmpkg("pkg1")
+lp1.depends = ["pkg2" , "pkg3"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp1)
+
+lp2 = pmpkg("pkg2")
+lp2.reason = 1
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp2)
+
+lp3 = pmpkg("pkg3")
+lp3.reason = 0
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp3)
+
+self.args = "-Rss %s" % lp1.name
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg1")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg2")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg3")
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index f87db275..579474cb 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
 			printf(_("  -d, --nodeps         skip dependency checks\n"));
 			printf(_("  -k, --dbonly         only remove database entry, do not remove files\n"));
 			printf(_("  -n, --nosave         remove configuration files as well\n"));
-			printf(_("  -s, --recursive      remove dependencies also (that won't break packages)\n"));
+			printf(_("  -s, --recursive      remove dependencies also (that won't break packages)\n"
+				 "                       (-ss includes explicitly installed dependencies too)\n"));
 			printf(_("  -u, --unneeded       remove unneeded packages (that won't break packages)\n"));
 		} else if(op == PM_OP_UPGRADE) {
 			printf("%s:  %s {-U --upgrade} [%s] <%s>\n", str_usg, myname, str_opt, str_file);
@@ -467,7 +468,11 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 			case 's':
 				config->op_s_search = 1;
 				config->op_q_search = 1;
-				config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE;
+				if(config->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE) {
+					config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL;
+				} else {
+					config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE;
+				}
 				break;
 			case 't':
 				config->op_q_unrequired = 1;