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    From Frank Guthausen@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 2 10:40:01 2025
    Hello.

    I use ``aptitude'' with configuration below ``/etc/apt/''.

    From some old legacy configuration and an online manpage[1] recommended packages are included or excluded by ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important''
    option when using ``aptitude''.

    The manpage of an installed system `´man aptitude'' claims the option
    to be `` APT::Install-Recommends'' which is the same as for ``apt-get''.

    Did this option change in the past in I missed that? I'm a little
    confused. I can trace back hints to the former version being mentioned
    in 2007. There is at least a good chance I missed something.

    [1] https://linux.die.net/man/8/aptitude

    --
    kind regards
    Frank

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  • From David Wright@21:1/5 to Frank Guthausen on Mon Jun 2 16:00:01 2025
    On Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 10:33:57 (+0200), Frank Guthausen wrote:
    I use ``aptitude'' with configuration below ``/etc/apt/''.

    From some old legacy configuration and an online manpage[1] recommended packages are included or excluded by ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' option when using ``aptitude''.

    The manpage of an installed system `´man aptitude'' claims the option
    to be `` APT::Install-Recommends'' which is the same as for ``apt-get''.

    Did this option change in the past in I missed that? I'm a little
    confused. I can trace back hints to the former version being mentioned
    in 2007. There is at least a good chance I missed something.

    [1] https://linux.die.net/man/8/aptitude

    You should browse /usr/share/doc/aptitude/changelog.Debian.gz

    Cheers,
    David.

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  • From Oliver Schode@21:1/5 to Frank Guthausen on Mon Jun 2 16:20:01 2025
    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 10:33:57 +0200
    Frank Guthausen <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hello.

    I use ``aptitude'' with configuration below ``/etc/apt/''.

    From some old legacy configuration and an online manpage[1]
    recommended packages are included or excluded by ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' option when using ``aptitude''.

    The manpage of an installed system `´man aptitude'' claims the option
    to be `` APT::Install-Recommends'' which is the same as for
    ``apt-get''.

    Did this option change in the past in I missed that? I'm a little
    confused. I can trace back hints to the former version being mentioned
    in 2007. There is at least a good chance I missed something.


    Yes, but must have been a long time ago. From
    /usr/share/aptitude/README:

    Option: Aptitude::Ignore-Recommends-Important
    Default: false
    Description: In previous versions of aptitude, the setting
    Aptitude::Recommends-Important caused recommendations to be installed
    automatically, the same way that APT::Install-Recommends does today.
    If this option is set to false and Aptitude::Recommends-Important is
    also set to false, aptitude will set APT::Install-Recommends to
    false and set Aptitude::Ignore-Recommends-Important to true on
    startup.


    Hope that helps.

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  • From Frank Guthausen@21:1/5 to David Wright on Mon Jun 2 16:40:01 2025
    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 08:56:05 -0500
    David Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 10:33:57 (+0200), Frank Guthausen wrote:

    From some old legacy configuration [...]
    ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' [...]

    The manpage [...] claims the
    option to be `` APT::Install-Recommends'' which is the same as for ``apt-get''.

    [...]

    You should browse /usr/share/doc/aptitude/changelog.Debian.gz

    THX for pointing me towards this - the answer is indeed there.

    Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:47:03 +0000
    | Migrate the setting for enabling installation of Recommends from
    | Aptitude::Recommends-Important to Apt::Install-Recommends.

    Since the config file has been containing both options since the very
    old days it never was a problem. But now it's time to drop the unused
    legacy...
    --
    kind regards
    Frank

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