Re: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:41:05PM -0700, David Fox <dfox94085@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > I've looked thru "man apt.conf", "man apt_preferences" and "man
> > apt-get", but don't see any way to disable this.
>
> I use aptitude exclusively, and I've never managed to get it to pull
> in recommended packages. I basically go back in the buffer and cut &
> paste if I want them. Not the best way to do the job, I suppose.
aptitude has handled recommended packages since before apt-get did.
Do you have them disabled in ~/.aptitude/config? (that would be
"Aptitude::Recommends-Important=false" or, in newer versions,
"Apt::Install-Recommends=false")
Daniel
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