-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/14/08 15:02, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/14/08 12:54, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2008-04-14 19:24 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> Since when does apt-get automatically pull in recommended packages? >>> Quite frequently I see it recommend packages, but not automatically >>> pull them in. >> It does so by default since apt 0.7.7, October 2007. > > Ah. > > I've looked thru "man apt.conf", "man apt_preferences" and "man > apt-get", but don't see any way to disable this.
Ok, after some digging, I found $ apt-config dump [snip] APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Recommends:: "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; [snip] So I created /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30autoinstall, with these contents: APT { Install-Recommends "0" }; - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIA7vYS9HxQb37XmcRAovMAJ0YH4ymZhhyWU+GroUDCR66A38SUwCg2C77 ixFXjEJGz3wtovb7HBmO7k0= =Bc81 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]