Control: tags -1 patch On Lu, 13 mai 13, 14:21:32, Pavel Krč wrote: > Package: release-notes > Severity: normal > > The new version of aptitude in wheezy changes the default value of option > "Apt::AutoRemove::Suggests-Important" from false to true. This significantly > changes behavior of package management with aptitude by not auto-removing all > suggested packages and it might cause confusion as it is not configurable with > ui (and is not present at generated config file). Missing documentation for > this change was resolved as bug http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- > bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685310 , however as this is an important change > introduced by upgrade to wheezy, it should also be mentioned in release notes. Patch attached. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
From 6307f97481b598c81b06d9fa1760c07099692a40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 11:17:25 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] apt does not autoremove suggested packages --- trunk/release-notes/en/whats-new.dbk | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/trunk/release-notes/en/whats-new.dbk b/trunk/release-notes/en/whats-new.dbk index 68df2b8..1f572f6 100644 --- a/trunk/release-notes/en/whats-new.dbk +++ b/trunk/release-notes/en/whats-new.dbk @@ -906,6 +906,16 @@ tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=20%,mode=1777 0 0 </section> +<section id="autoremove-suggests"> + <title>No automatic removal of suggested packages</title> + <para> + The APT version in &releasename; by default does not propose packages for + removal if they are suggested by other packages. If you wish to revert to + the previous behaviour this can be done by setting the configuration option + <literal>APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant</literal> to <literal>false</literal>. + </para> +</section> + </section> </chapter> -- 1.7.10.4
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