On Jo, 21 mai 20, 19:46:44, Marco Möller wrote: > (1) I understood that setting the following parameter in > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/myconfig will have the same effect as manually using > the flag --no-install-recommends as in apt install --no-install-recommends > somepackage . > APT::Install-Recommends "0"; Yes. > But how is this parameter respected if afterwards applying the following > commands? > apt upgrade > apt dist-upgrade > Will the parameter also be respected? > I would expect that it will be respected and additionally no recoomended > packages are drawn in. Correct. > (2) If initially having had set the following parameter > APT::Install-Recommends "0"; > then having installed several packages, > then changing the parameter to > APT::Install-Recommends "1"; > what will happen upon the following commands? > apt upgrade > apt dist-upgrade > Will these commands now draw in the recommended packages? Only if the package gains new Recommends. This happens only only on testing or unstable and during upgrades to the next release, changes in package relationships don't normally happen on stable. > (3) If having installed a package with the following parameter, which > status flag is set for the installed recommended packages after having used > apt install somepackage and recommends additionally become installed? > APT::Install-Recommends "1"; > Will the additionally installed recommended packages be marked as > "automatically" being installed, like a dependency, or will they appear as > manually "installed"? They are marked 'auto'. You can check that yourself with 'apt list <package>'. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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