Bug#578135: apt: "Suggests:" informs of already installed package(s)

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.7.25.3
Severity: minor

Installed package compiz-core suggests nvidia-glx (>= 1.0.9625-1).
I already have nvidia-glx 190.53-4 (installed and on hold), so the
nvidia-glx suggestion is not really useful.

Would it be possible to convince apt-get _not_ to inform of things
I already know?

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::Install-Suggests "false";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
APT::ExtractTemplates "";
APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir "/var/lib/dpkg/tmp";
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::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
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 || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
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";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/rkhunter ] && ( ! grep -q -E '^DISABLE_TESTS=.*(hashes.*attributes|attributes.*hashes|properties)' /etc/rkhunter.conf || grep -q -E '^ENABLE_TESTS=.*(hashes|attributes|properties)' /etc/rkhunter.conf); then /usr/bin/rkhunter --propupd --nolog; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi";
Acquire "";
Acquire::Queue-Mode "access";
Acquire::Retries "2";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::No-Cache "true";
Acquire::http::No-Store "true";
Debug "";
Debug::pkgProblemResolver "false";
Debug::pkgAcquire "false";
Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
Debug::pkgDPkgPM "false";
Debug::pkgInitialize "false";
Debug::NoLocking "false";
Debug::Acquire "";
Debug::Acquire::Ftp "false";
Debug::Acquire::Http "false";
Debug::aptcdrom "false";

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring        2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-6   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.3-7  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.3-7    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc                       0.7.25.3   Documentation for APT
ii  aptitude                      0.6.1.5-3  terminal-based package manager (te
ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-4    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  dpkg-dev                      1.15.5.6   Debian package development tools
ii  lzma                          4.43-14    Compression method of 7z format in
ii  python-apt                    0.7.94.2   Python interface to libapt-pkg

-- no debconf information


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian