Package: apt Version: 0.7.6 Severity: normal Please document that apt in etch does not support '--install-recommends'. Also, Changelog in sid is misleading in this respect.
When I look at the changelog in 'etch' system. apt (0.6.46.1) unstable; urgency=low * methods/gzip.cc: - deal with empty files * Applied patch from Daniel Schepler to make apt bin-NMU able. (closes: bug#359634) * rebuild against current g++ because of: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29289 (closes: #390189) * fix broken i18n in the dpkg progress reporting, thanks to Frans Pop and Steinar Gunderson. (closes: #389261) * Merged from Christian Perrier bzr branch: * fi.po: Updated to 514t. Closes: #390149 * eu.po: Updated to 514t. Closes: #389725 * vi.po: Updated to 514t. Closes: #388555 * make the internal buffer in pkgTagFile grow dynamically (closes: #388708) -- Michael Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:42:20 +0200 When I look at the changelog in 'sid' system apt (0.6.46.1) unstable; urgency=low * merged "install-recommends" branch (ABI break): - new "--install-recommends" - install new recommends on "upgrade" if --install-recommends is given - new "--fix-policy" option to install all packages with unmet important dependencies (usefull with --install-recommends to see what not-installed recommends are on the system) - fix of recommended packages display (only show CandidateVersion fix or-group handling) * merged "install-task" branch (use with "apt-get install taskname^") * methods/gzip.cc: - deal with empty files * Applied patch from Daniel Schepler to make apt bin-NMU able. (closes: bug#359634) * rebuild against current g++ because of: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29289 (closes: #390189) * fix broken i18n in the dpkg progress reporting, thanks to Frans Pop and Steinar Gunderson. (closes: #389261) * Merged from Christian Perrier bzr branch: * fi.po: Updated to 514t. Closes: #390149 * eu.po: Updated to 514t. Closes: #389725 * vi.po: Updated to 514t. Closes: #388555 * make the internal buffer in pkgTagFile grow dynamically (closes: #388708) -- Michael Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:42:20 +0200 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-rc3dancer (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=ja_JP.EUC-JP, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP (charmap=EUC-JP) (ignored: LC_ALL set to ja_JP.eucJP) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.6-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.2.1-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.2.1-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]