Bug#902992: live-build broken due subversion recommends

[PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard@gmail.com>]

pufff you dont understand! i called with "--apt-recommends false"
Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com


2018-07-05 8:00 GMT-04:00 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>:
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:04:54 -0400 PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard@gmai
> l.com> wrote:
>> Package: live-build
>> Version: 1:20171207
>> Severity: grave
>>
>> we need a mechanish to avoid bad or abuse of recommends in apt, this
>> problem avoit the automatization of the process
>>
>> if we list the package subversion-tools, that recomends exim4 over
> any
>> other, take preference to a specific package
>>
>> root@pc-desk-w32:/vnx/osposos/debianlive8# aptitude why exim4
>> i   subversion-tools Recomienda exim4 | mail-transport-agent
>>
>> so then process end with this:
>>
>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>  courier-mta : Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
>>  exim4-config : Conflicts: courier-mta but 0.76.3-5 is to be
> installed
>>  exim4-daemon-light : Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
>>
>> and lb build fails, with a only solution to make interactive shell
> and
>> avoiting automatization of the process
>>
>> we need the mechanish due we cannot track all packages that abuse or
>> are bad mantained due policy violations!
>>
>> Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
>> http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com
>
> There's already an option, call lb config with "--apt-recommends false"
> and recommends will not be installed.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Luca Boccassi