Hi Reuben. I've changed the installr to use aptitude -r - will be in next release.
Regards, Graham On 24 February 2010 01:27, Reuben Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: wajig > Version: 2.0.38 > Followup-For: Bug #402598 > > > I just came across the same problem: it appeared that installr, aka > recommends, did not actually install recommended packages. > > In fact, this is not true. In fact, it does install recommends, but > only of packages explicitly requested for installation, not of their > dependencies. So, if package a depends on b, and b recommends c, then > “wajig install a” will install a and b but not c, whereas “wajig > install b” will install b and c. > > Fairly obviously, this sucks, both because it looks like it doesn’t > work and because it’s not nearly as useful as it should be. > > You can use aptitude -r to achieve this result. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 5.0.4 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages wajig depends on: > ii apt 0.7.20.2+lenny1 Advanced front-end for dpkg > ii dselect 1.14.28 Debian package management > front-en > ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level > object-o > ii python-apt 0.7.7.1+nmu1 Python interface to libapt-pkg > ii python-central 0.6.8 register and build utility for > Pyt > > wajig recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages wajig suggests: > pn alien <none> (no description available) > pn apt-listbugs <none> (no description available) > pn apt-move <none> (no description available) > ii apt-show-versions 0.15 lists available package versions > w > ii debconf 1.5.24 Debian configuration management > sy > ii deborphan 1.7.27 program that can find unused > packa > pn dpkg-repack <none> (no description available) > ii fakeroot 1.11 Gives a fake root environment > ii fping 2.4b2-to-ipv6-15 sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets > to > pn gkdebconf <none> (no description available) > pn gnome-tasksel <none> (no description available) > pn gnome-terminal <none> (no description available) > ii locales 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: National Language > ( > pn lynx <none> (no description available) > pn python-glade2 <none> (no description available) > pn python-gnome2 <none> (no description available) > pn python-gtk2 <none> (no description available) > ii reportbug 3.48 reports bugs in the Debian > distrib > ii sudo 1.6.9p17-2 Provide limited super user > privile > pn vrms <none> (no description available) > ii wget 1.11.4-2+lenny1 retrieves files from the web > > -- no debconf information > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
