@TJ IIRC recommends (and suggests, with --install-suggests) are only considered when upgrading/reinstalling a package if they are new recommends which were not present with the previous version. This makes sense, if the user has previously requested a particular recommends to be ignored it should not be installed on upgrades to the base package:
- A recommends B, C - user installs A but does not desire B: apt-get install A B- - installed: A, C - user upgrades A (B remains undesired): apt-get install A - installed: A, C However, new recommends will be installed on upgrade (as you discovered): - A=1 recommends B, C - A=2 recommends B, C, D - installed: A=1, C - user upgrades A (B remains undesired): apt-get install A=2 - installed: A=2, C, D Without this behaviour you would have to remember each and every undesired recommends and specify them on subsequent commands, or always run with --no-install-recommends and manually check for and install new recommends. Looking at the apt-get man page this appears to be undocumented. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862776 Title: apt-get --install-suggests install is a NOOP To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/862776/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
