Arrgh - I second this bug report! This really needs to be fixed - I just
spent an hour tearing my hair out trying to figure out why openssh-server
wanted to install X libraries on my tiny embedded system. Given a policy
change with this much impact, there should be a prominent warning in the man
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.10
The new -no-install-recommends flag is not documented in the man page
for apt-get.
Given the new install-recommends-by-default policy, this is
particularly important.
It would be worth mentioning the APT::Install-Recommends in the manual
page as well and to highlight
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