Bug#951638: apt / apt-get does not install recommends of dependencies

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

Control: tag -1 moreinfo unreproducible

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:46:17AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.8.4
> Severity: important
> 
> apt / apt-get does not install recommends of dependencies:

It sure does.

> 
> ypig:~> apt-get install evolution -s
> [...]
> The following additional packages will be installed:
>   evolution-common evolution-plugin-pstimport evolution-plugins libenchant-2-2
>   libevolution libgspell-1-2 libgspell-1-common
> Suggested packages:
>   evolution-ews evolution-plugins-experimental network-manager
>   libenchant-2-voikko
> Recommended packages:
>   evolution-plugin-bogofilter | evolution-plugin-spamassassin enchant-2
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libenchant-2-2 libgspell-1-2
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   evolution evolution-common evolution-plugin-pstimport evolution-plugins
>   libevolution libgspell-1-common
> 6 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 682 not upgraded.
> [...]

Works for me.

> 
> However, libenchant-2-2 recommends enchant-2, which is not installed.
> If libenchant-2-2 is explicitly installed, then enchant-2 is installed
> as expected:

Maybe it breaks another recommends or suggests on the system.

> 
> ypig:~> apt install libenchant-2-2 -s
> [...]
> The following additional packages will be installed:
>   enchant-2
> Suggested packages:
>   libenchant-2-voikko
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   enchant-2 libenchant-2-2
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 688 not upgraded.
> [...]

Go debug this, as Dependency resolution in README.md tells you to.

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