On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2013-10-31 13:42 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > >> Le 31.10.2013 13:12, Tom H a écrit : >> >>> Set 'Aptitude::Keep-Suggests "false";' in "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/" and >>> check whether the behavior changes. >> >> Just did the change: >> I added a file name "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/keep_suggests" which contains >> the line you gave. Nothing changes in behavior, if I make mpd >> automatically installed, it is not removed. In things depending on >> mpd, only mpc and ncmpcpp suggests it. It also says it enhances >> mpc. There are no installed packages which recommends or depends on >> mpd. >> >> I also tried with APT::Keep-Suggests, just in case, but still no >> changes. Are you sure that this option exists? I can not find any >> documentation about it, only random threads here and there, but no >> real documentation. I am probably not searching the good place, so >> could you give me a hint about where to search? I'm really interested >> by such kind of options. > > I found the right option in the apt changelog, it's called > APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant. > > ,---- > | apt (0.8.15.3) unstable; urgency=low > | [...] > | * apt-pkg/depcache.cc: > | - change default of APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant to true > | > | -- Michael Vogt <m...@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:04:43 +0200 > `---- > > So the default behavior has indeed changed in Wheezy. > > And for aptitude there is this in the Debian changelog: > > ,---- > | aptitude (0.5.9rc1-1) experimental; urgency=low > | > | * New upstream release. > | [...] > | - Document that the "standard" apt options > | Apt::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant and > | Apt::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant should be used instead of > | Aptitude::Keep-Suggests and Aptitude::Keep-Recommends. > | > | -- Daniel Burrows <dburr...@debian.org> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:23:11 -0700 > `---- > > I can confirm that setting Aptitude::Keep-Suggests has no effect, but > setting APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant does.
Thanks. So the "bad" variables are still documented in the aptitude docs and the "good" variables are undocumented except in the changelog. :( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SyM26C8FYSOjQt=pdyjlb6_32439etxbzgo71cq8ao...@mail.gmail.com
