Bug#40181: apt-get could mention suggests
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 01:19:30AM -0400, Lex Spoon wrote:
> At any rate, apt-get can't be used as a person's main package-management
> tool, if it makes this information hard to get. People shouldn't have
> to use apt-cache on every package before installing it. One way or
> another, I, too, would really like to see apt-get show users the
> suggests and recommends lines.
As I understand it, apt-get isn't intended to be anyone's main
package-management tool. It's a simplistic command line interface for
package installation and removal, with a few other goodies thrown in.
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- mdz
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