apt-get auto-recommends (was Packages temporarily ...)
 

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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"
};


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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

We want... a Shrubbery!!
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