Bug#489896: "apt-get -f install" should not install Recommends packages
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.14
Severity: normal
When running "apt-get -f install", apt-get wants to install package
I've never asked for, e.g. some -doc packages. It seems that the
cause is that they are recommended by packages that must be installed
to resolve real dependencies. The goal of apt-get -f is to fix broken
dependencies. Therefore it should install only necessary packages,
not Recommends (which may be harmful, e.g. lack of disk space or
serious+ bugs in those packages).
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "powerpc";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::Cache-Limit "33554432";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
Aptitude "";
Aptitude::UI "";
Aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format "%c%a%M %p %Z %24v %24V";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 200
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# /etc/apt/sources.list
deb file:///usr/local/deb/ ./
deb http://fr.powerpc.mirror.debian.net/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://fr.powerpc.mirror.debian.net/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://fr.powerpc.mirror.debian.net/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://fr.powerpc.mirror.debian.net/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://fr.powerpc.mirror.debian.net/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://fr.powerpc.mirror.debian.net/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org lenny/updates main contrib non-free
# For emacs-snapshot, as it is no longer maintained in Debian due to the GFDL
# (see <http://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2007/03/msg00012.html>).
deb http://emacs.orebokech.com sid main
deb-src http://emacs.orebokech.com sid main
# See http://debian.video.free.fr/
#deb http://honk.sigxcpu.org/linux-ppc/debian/ mplayer/
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (200, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-powerpc
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-2 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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