On 29.04.09 Debian Bug Tracking System (ow...@bugs.debian.org) wrote: > On Mi, 29 Apr 2009, Steffen Moeller wrote:
Hi Norbert, > > Debian and Ubuntu recommend the -doc package of > > texlive-latex-extra, but this drags in quite a lot of further > > packages that I would prefer not to seem them auto-installed. > > $ apt-cache show texlive-latex-extra-doc > ... > Depends: dpkg (>= 1.14.18), tex-common (>= 1.18), texlive-common > (>= 2007) > > and no suggests or recommends. > > texlive-latex-extra-doc does not pull in *any* package that isn't > already installed. > I guess this bug was another incarnation of "I don't like to have the -doc package automatically installed, b/c auf Recommends". Our answer is normally: "Upstream recommands to install the docu, hence we have recommend these packages. If anybody doesn't like that he should reconfigure apt to not install recommended packages.". H. -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org