Re: [PATCH 00/11] Update the way we control the construction of filesystems

[Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>]

On 8/14/13 3:35 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 14 August 2013 21:29, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com> wrote:
>>   Debian(apt-get) does not appear to be capable of
>> BAD_RECOMEMNDATIONS,
>
> The semantics of BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS is "these packages may be listed
> as recommendations, but don't install them", right?  You *might* be

Correct.  If it's a dependency, it -will- be installed.  Helps trim some of the 
recommended packages from the final filesystem, without introducing potentially 
irreconcilable dependency failures.

> able to do this with dpkg by setting the package state to
> "not-installed hold".

I tried that and it did not work.  The hold semantic in dpkg/apt-get appears to 
say once it's installed keep it at a specific version.  But it doesn't allow you 
to hold in the not-installed mode.

(I'd be more then happy for someone to prove me wrong btw..)  I tried everything 
from setting special Pin-Priorities to playing with the state file, etc.. 
eventually I gave up and made it a warning instead.  (This is not a regression 
BTW, it has never worked in the past... it's just functionality someone may want.)

> Ross
>