This is intended. The intro text of the OPTIONS section mentions that
for boolean options every option has a --no- option negating the effect
(which happens to be right above --no-install-recommends). As --install-
recommends is the default, it feels more useful to document the negation
as its the option which a user might happen to use. Its even more
obvious with the --no-download option. Documenting --download would just
be more text to write, read & translate for no obvious benefit – hence
marking as wontfix/opinion.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Opinion
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1571370
Title:
Missing option in the manpage
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with apt 1.2.10ubuntu1 and I'm noticing that in
the manpage of apt-get the option --no-install-recommends is
documented but not --install-recommends. Possibly this does also apply
to similar options like --install-suggests.
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