On Tue 2016-06-07 18:52:27 -0400, Michael Biebl wrote: > [ Unknown signature status ] > Am 08.06.2016 um 00:35 schrieb Michael Biebl: >> The problem here is that turning the depends into a recommends could >> lead to isc-dhcp-client to be uninstalled on upgrades. >> I'd have to verify that, but if the package was marked as auto-installed >> (which it typically is), I will be uninstalled by "apt autoremove" or >> aptitude upgrade. This would be very undesirable. > > # apt upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > iproute2 isc-dhcp-client libdns-export162 libisc-export160 > Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. > The following packages will be upgraded: > libgdbm3 libnm0 linux-libc-dev network-manager > 4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 4640 kB of archives. > After this operation, 47.1 kB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
so this isn't auto-installed, but is proposed for removal with autoremove. > # aptitude upgrade > The following packages will be REMOVED: > iproute2{u} isc-dhcp-client{u} libdns-export162{u} libisc-export160{u} > The following packages will be upgraded: > libgdbm3 libnm0 linux-libc-dev network-manager > The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed: > crda dnsmasq-base iptables iputils-arping modemmanager ppp wader-core > 4 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 4640 kB of archives. After unpacking 4822 kB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] sounds like aptitude is being more aggressive. But again, this is due to the user having manually configured (at least) APT::Install-Recommends "0"; right? Isn't that what they're asking for? How frequently do we expect network-manager's built-in dhcp client to fail on normal networks? --dkg
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