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Re: "deborphan" is a wonderful utility



On Tue,25.Aug.09, 05:00:07, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
 
>   the "minimal" part appears to be correct.  it's a back-room server,
> ssh-accessible only, no X.  i've been removing things to the point
> where i'm now down below 450 packages.  i'm a big believer in
> simplicity.

You might want to disable "recommends" then:

,----[ /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00local ]
| // This machine is on diet
| APT::Install-Recommends "false";
`----

But do check the "recommends" of a package before filing bugs for 
missing functionality ;)

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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