tags 534348 -moreinfo thanks Thanks for your reply. I have attached a typescript with the info you requested. If you need any further information, don't hesitate to ask.
By the way, note that the exact same problem happens in aptitude; aptitude installs Recommends by default. Cheers, -Jason
Script started on jeu 02 jui 2009 01:59:45 UTC [...@pequeno ~]$ uname -a Linux pequeno 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Thu Mar 26 01:08:11 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux [...@pequeno ~]$ apt-config dump APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; 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 "16777216"; 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/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:::: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi"; [...@pequeno ~]$ apt-cache policy tp-smapi-modules tp-smapi-modules: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: [...@pequeno ~]$ apt-cache policy tp-smapi-modules-2.6.29-2-486 tp-smapi-modules-2.6.29-2-686 tp-smapi-modules-2.6.29-2-486: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.6.29+0.40-5 Version table: 2.6.29+0.40-5 0 650 http://debian.uchicago.edu unstable/main Packages tp-smapi-modules-2.6.29-2-686: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.6.29+0.40-5 Version table: 2.6.29+0.40-5 0 650 http://debian.uchicago.edu unstable/main Packages [...@pequeno ~]$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20050607)]/ untesting main deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free # Note: see /etc/apt/preferences to see if pinning is enabled # stable #deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stable main contrib non-free # testing deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free # unstable deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free # backports #deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free # Oracle #deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free # Wine #deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main #deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main # Me #deb http://www.jspiro.com/files/debian experimental/ #deb-src http://www.jspiro.com/files/debian experimental/ # VirtualBox (non-OSE, since I want USB support to sync Treo), for virtualbox-2.1 deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free # Skype deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free [...@pequeno ~]$ cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: swfdec-mozilla Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: mozilla-plugin-gnash Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: gnash Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: gnash-common Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: crawl Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 650 [...@pequeno ~]$ exit Script done on jeu 02 jui 2009 02:00:37 UTC