Package: netbase Version: 5.3 Severity: normal netbase should not recommend ifupdown. Currently any package depending on netbase will install ifupdown and a dhcp client if recommends are installed, see [1].
As ifupdown is currently Priority: important (same as netbase), it will be installed in everything but minimal installations anyway. Ansgar [1] <https://bugs.debian.org/824876> -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages netbase depends on: ii lsb-base 9.20160110 Versions of packages netbase recommends: pn ifupdown <none> netbase suggests no packages. -- no debconf information