Bug#901444: apt: should warn when recommends can't be installed and/or optionally fail

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Subject: Bug#901444: apt: should warn when recommends can't be installed and/or optionally fail
From: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:14:48 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 2abe2538-0a74-006a-a34c-6e7a67944eb2@debian.org>
Reply-to: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>, 901444@bugs.debian.org

Package: apt
Version: 1.6.1
Severity: wishlist
Control: affects -1 autopkgtest
User: debian-ci@lists.debian.org
Usertags: issue

Dear APT maintainers,

With APT::Install-Recommends=true or --install-recommends, apt-get
silently continues when it fails to install recommended packages.

I have two requests (do you want two bugs?)
- It would be nice if apt-get would show a warning that recommended
  packages were not (all) installed.
- It would be nice if there was an option to let apt-get abort if
  recommended packages can't be installed when asked to do so.

Paul

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