[Aptitude-devel] Bug#1065554: Bug#1065554: aptitude: the TUI silently breaks a "Recommends"

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2024-03-06 21:36:09 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
> 
> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Do you need the bundle?
> 
> Actually that would be interesting, as I have a vague idea how it
> might have been triggered and would like to experiment a bit if I can
> find a simpler reproducer.

[link sent in a private reply]

> BTW, do I remember right that you have APT::Install-Recommends set
> "false"?

AFAIK, perhaps except on a very old laptop (due to the lack of
disk space), I've always chosen to install recommends, which is
the default.

I usually have

  Aptitude::ProblemResolver::SolutionCost "safety, removals";

but this is not the case on this machine yet.

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