[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Metapackage dependencies: "Depends" or "Recommends"?



On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> Also, even for non-metapackages, if some other package just _suggest_
> the package you pull in via depends/recommends, they stick as well.

That is controlled by the middle one of these apt config settings:

APT::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant "false";
APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant "false";

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise


Reply to: