Here is an updated patch to fix this bug. It is based on 0.63.1 and
includes diffs of changelog.
+++ Oliver
=== modified file 'common/rconfiguration.cc'
--- common/rconfiguration.cc 2006-02-24 11:27:00 +0000
+++ common/rconfiguration.cc 2010-03-03 16:25:27 +0000
@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@
cfile.close();
+ // quick fix to store the option 'consider recommended packages as dependencies'
+ string aptConfPath = _config->Find("Dir", "/")
+ + _config->Find("Dir::Etc", "etc/apt/")
+ + _config->Find("Dir::Etc:parts", "apt.conf.d")
+ + "/99synaptic";
+ ofstream aptfile(aptConfPath.c_str(), ios::out);
+ if (!aptfile != 0) {
+ cerr << "couldn't open " << aptConfPath.c_str() << " for writing APT::Install-Recommends" << endl;
+ } else {
+ if (_config->FindB("APT::Install-Recommends", false))
+ aptfile << "APT::Install-Recommends \"true\";" << endl;
+ else
+ aptfile << "APT::Install-Recommends \"false\";" << endl;
+ aptfile.close();
+ }
+
return true;
}
=== modified file 'debian/changelog'
--- debian/changelog 2010-02-24 21:05:02 +0000
+++ debian/changelog 2010-03-03 16:29:26 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+synaptic (0.63.1ubuntu3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ [ Oliver Joos ]
+ * common/rconfiguration.cc:
+ - fix to store setting "Consider recommended packages as dependencies"
+ (closes #440027 and LP: #154349)
+
+ -- Oliver Joos <oliver.j...@hispeed.ch> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:28:20 +0100
+
synaptic (0.63.1ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Jean-Baptiste Lallement ]
