Thanks for your report. I hardly see how it is possible if -dev or -doc is not in the recommends or suggest dependencies of the main package. At best we could add an option to select suggested packages when marking a package for installation.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- User preference to install *-doc *-dev packages by default. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229475 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs