I've discussed this issue in #ubuntu-devel on IRC[1] and the feedback is that recommends, by policy, are installed for a reason and overriding that should not be part of the unminimize tool. But for your use case there is a solution that could meet your needs. You can set the following in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/:
APT::Install-Recommends "false"; By making this change your image will install without recommends for all apt operations which would give the behavior you're intending for unminimize and your software stack. Leaving that set in the image which you give to developers would have the effect that they would install new packages in the way that you might intend to install them in your builds. You can verify your configuration with the command: $ apt-config dump | grep Install-Recommends APT::Install-Recommends "false"; Recommends are installed by default (since Lucid)[2] while 'suggests' are not installed by default. "Recommends" by debian policy[3][4] is used to "declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency. The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together with this one in all but unusual installations." [1] https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2021/01/21/%23ubuntu-devel.html [2] https://askubuntu.com/a/18553 [3] https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/77076 [4] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#binary-dependencies-depends-recommends-suggests-enhances-pre-depends -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1912595 Title: unminimize shoud run apt with -–no-install-recommends To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1912595/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
