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Bug#230295: marked as done (apt-get install --suggests --recommends package...)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #230295,
regarding apt-get install --suggests --recommends package...
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.14
Severity: wishlist

Maybe add switches to apt-get install, to also pull in Suggests and Recommends...

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Version: 0.8.11

jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> But on the apt-get man page,
>
>        --install-recommends
>            Also install recommended packages.
>
>        --no-install-recommends
>            Do not install recommended packages.
>
> don't mention which is the default, nor their -o parameters. And there
> is no mention of the
> ---...suggests switches at all.
>
> In fact there is a third good mention,
>
>        --no-install-recommends
>            Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for
>            installing. Configuration Item:
>            APT::Install-Recommends.
>
> which needs to be merged with the above two.

There is now only a single mention, --no-install-recommends, including
the configuration item.  The default is understood to be the opposite of
this, as per the common convention.

The equivalent --install-suggests is also included.

apt (0.8.11) unstable; urgency=low

  * doc/apt-get.8.xml:
    - remove duplicated mentioning of --install-recommends

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