On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:41:05PM -0700, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've looked thru "man apt.conf", "man apt_preferences" and "man > > apt-get", but don't see any way to disable this. > > I use aptitude exclusively, and I've never managed to get it to pull > in recommended packages. I basically go back in the buffer and cut & > paste if I want them. Not the best way to do the job, I suppose.
aptitude has handled recommended packages since before apt-get did. Do you have them disabled in ~/.aptitude/config? (that would be "Aptitude::Recommends-Important=false" or, in newer versions, "Apt::Install-Recommends=false") Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
