>>>>> "BH" == Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> writes: >> OK, but you are still going to run into problems if the user has set >> >> # apt-config dump|egrep Rec\|Sugg >> APT::Install-Recommends "false"; >> APT::Install-Suggests "0";
BH> Users that do that need to accept that they will encounter errors like BH> this. OK, but I am sure yours is the very first package to "lower the barrier" of https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps in that way. In the past an entire working Debian could be completely installed counting on only Depends. Or maybe https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps needs to have some additional explanation about special cases like this?
