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Re: How to create a metapackage



On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 01:25:39PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:34 AM, Santiago Vila wrote:
> 
> > i.e. tell apt-get to ignore recommends.
> >
> > In this case a metapackage using recommends does not seem very useful,
> > I guess.
> 
> apt-get --install-recommends --install-suggests install metapackage

That wouldn't really help on upgrades, though - if APT::Install-Recommends
is still false and the metapackage starts recommending a new package, apt
will not install it.

G'luck,
Peter

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