Package: apt
Version: 1.0.6
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
It is wasteful for apt-get to install recommended packages by default.
For example:
2014-09-01 14:33:26 root@dc86yxb1 ~
# apt-get install kernel-package | grep 'Need to get'
Need to get 745 MB of archives.
n
2014-09-01 14:33:38 root@dc86yxb1 ~
# apt-get install --no-install-recommends kernel-package | grep 'Need to
get'
Need to get 4423 kB of archives.
n
That's 168X and 740 MB of code bloat for one (1) package!
At 1.5 Mbps, that's over 1 hour and 22 minutes to download!
Please change the default behaviour of apt-get to NOT install
recommended packages, and provide the user with optional means to
install recommended packages.
Thank you,
David
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.14-2-486$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.14-2-686-pae$";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service &&
/usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call
--system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path
/org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method
org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo
> /dev/null";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "i386";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "1";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "2";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-9n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "3";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "4";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "5";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
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::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/bin/test -e
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service &&
/usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call
--system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path
/org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method
org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo
> /dev/null";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb http://192.168.1.34:9999/debian/ jessie main
deb-src http://192.168.1.34:9999/debian/ jessie main
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb http://192.168.1.34:9999/debian/ jessie-updates main
deb-src http://192.168.1.34:9999/debian/ jessie-updates main
deb http://192.168.1.34:9999/debian/ jessie-backports main
deb-src http://192.168.1.34:9999/debian/ jessie-backports main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.18-2
ii libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.6
ii libc6 2.19-9
ii libgcc1 1:4.9.1-4
ii libstdc++6 4.9.1-4
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.11-1
ii dpkg-dev 1.17.13
ii python-apt 0.9.3.8
ii synaptic 0.81.2
-- no debconf information
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