[TAG] What is the policy of apt in lenny ?

[Rick Moen]

uoting Kapil Hari Paranjape (kapil at imsc.res.in):

> The policy which has changed with lenny is that "Recommended" packages
> are installed by apt unless the user specifically turns this feature
> off.
 
Aha.  Well, that's mildly evil.  One of several reasons I've always 
preferred the apt-get tool over aptitude is that (until now) it has 
defaulted to not autoinstalling "Recommends" dependencies.

If I'd wanted a bloated system, I'd have installed GNOME in the first 
place.  ;->

So, J.Bakshi, one wants to add:

APT
{
        Install-Recommends "false";
        Install-Suggests "false";
};

...to /etc/apt/apt.conf .  Problem solved.