Bug#476891: Man page doesn't include new options about Recommended packages
severity 476891 seriuos
*Alberto* wrote:
> Please update the man page of APT, including the new behavior about
> Recommended packages, described here
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/08/msg00000.html.
In my humble opinion this lack in the manpage of apt would have to be
considered very important, because the man is the primary source of
information of the command line options/switches of a computer program.
In addiction, apt is one of the most important parts of a Debian
system. Then, it should be documented well.
Moreover, the new default policy about recommended packages could
surprise an old Debian user, accustomed with the previous behaviour.
For this reason, I think could be a good idea to include even only a
little sentence about this in the man.
Even if the apt-get program works well, I think that this bug should be
considered carefully for a stable version as the upcoming lenny. In
this sense, I think that this problem is a "soft" release blocker.
Currently, I'm not able to modify a manpage, but I can help the
maintainers to write the new parts to be included in the man of
apt-get.
Feel free to contact me directly for this reason. I will try to help
you as I can to fix this issue.
Thank you for your time.
P.S.: I searched the web, but I was not able to find the complete
explanation of the "--fix-policy" switch.
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