Bug#311619: apt: [apt-get] Preprocess Suggests:, Recommend: before displaying to user
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.28.6
Severity: wishlist
When new packages are installed the apt-get displays also fields
from Recommends and Suggests. However, reading these lines give
wrong signal if the fields are just outputted "as is". An example:
1. install package reportbug
2. Sugested packges "mail-transport-agent" is displayed
... What? Didn't I already have MTA ...
... Interrupts this task, Goes and opens another terminal to
... check if one is installed...
... Yes - Hm, I can ignore this one.
And so on for all the rest of the Recommends and Suggests.
SUGGESTION:
As apt-get already resolves the Depends, it could as well process
also Recommends and Suggests so that only those packages that
are not already installed in system are displayed.
This would give better information what really could be
installed "extra".
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
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