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Bug#489896: marked as done ("apt-get -f install" should not install Recommends packages)

Your message dated Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:58:24 +0200
with message-id <20150812205824.GA14301@crossbow>
and subject line Re: "apt-get -f install" should not install Recommends packages
has caused the Debian Bug report #489896,
regarding "apt-get -f install" should not install Recommends packages
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
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

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Hi,

On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 05:20:38PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> 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).

Recommends are installed by default by design as this is what the Debian
policy requires.

Not installing them (even while fixing up broken systems) means that we
leave the system "slightly broken" as recommend packages should be
installed… so, mot a bug, but by design.

If you don't want to install recommends or just in not in this call
there are flags/options for that – but that carries a risk…


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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