Re: How to create a metapackage
Hi,
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:34:48PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:34:05PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > There are several discussions on Debian mailing lists all with the
> > conclusion that Depends are wrong for metapackages. Please use
> > Recommends.
>
> Well, the very first thing I do on a new Debian system is this:
>
> echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/75recommends
>
> i.e. tell apt-get to ignore recommends.
>
> In this case a metapackage using recommends does not seem very useful,
> I guess.
You name it. In *this* case. You should expect that things are working
differently if you derive from the default, right?
Kind regards
Andreas.
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