Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.6 Severity: wishlist When new packages are installed the apt-get displays also fields from Recommends and Suggests. However, reading these lines give wrong signal if the fields are just outputted "as is". An example:
1. install package reportbug 2. Sugested packges "mail-transport-agent" is displayed ... What? Didn't I already have MTA ... ... Interrupts this task, Goes and opens another terminal to ... check if one is installed... ... Yes - Hm, I can ignore this one. And so on for all the rest of the Recommends and Suggests. SUGGESTION: As apt-get already resolves the Depends, it could as well process also Recommends and Suggests so that only those packages that are not already installed in system are displayed. This would give better information what really could be installed "extra". -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]