[Aptitude-devel] Bug#852212: Bug#852212: installing and then purging sometimes leaves behind cruft

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Jidanni,

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> It turns out all one needs is
> APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant false;

I was indeed not aware of that configuration option, probably because
I wouldn't dare to use it. But that's probably because I personally
rely a lot on Recommends and Suggest to keep packages installed. :-)

But you're right: The default you're regularily annoyed about (and I'm
fine with :-) seems to be able to be changed.

So thanks for pointing out the all the missing documentation details
in your recent bug reports — and sorry for not being able to point you
to what might have helped you in the first place. I'll go over those
documentation bug reports in some calm hours, but probably not before
the Stretch release.

		Regards, Axel
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