PPA's Packages and Packages.gz ignore recommends and suggests packages control section
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Bug Description
There are no recommends or suggests in Packages file in my ppa.
This is critical if you have a package in metapackage's section.
This is a piece of my Packages (http://
Package: kubuntu-gutsy
Priority: optional
Section: metapackages
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: René Martín Rodríguez <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.1
Filename: pool/main/
Size: 1176
MD5sum: 21ed4f543ce2528
Description: Metapackage to a kubuntu gutsy like linux distribution.
Package: unidistro-
Priority: optional
Section: metapackages
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: René Martín <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5gutsy1
Provides: unidistro-desktop
Depends: unidistro-
Filename: pool/main/
Size: 1082
MD5sum: 62dec40fbbe92f7
Description: The unidistro desktop system (GNOME Version).
And this is the package's info.
# wget http://
# wget http://
# dpkg-deb -I kubuntu-
new debian package, version 2.0.
size 1176 bytes: control archive= 562 bytes.
629 bytes, 9 lines control
75 bytes, 1 lines md5sums
Package: kubuntu-gutsy
Version: 0.1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: René Martín Rodríguez <email address hidden>
Installed-Size: 28
Recommends: unidistro, unidistro-live, unidistro-kde-live, restricted-
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Description: Metapackage to a kubuntu gutsy like linux distribution.
# dpkg-deb -I unidistro-
new debian package, version 2.0.
size 1082 bytes: control archive= 457 bytes.
355 bytes, 11 lines control
85 bytes, 1 lines md5sums
Package: unidistro-
Version: 0.5gutsy1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: René Martín <email address hidden>
Installed-Size: 28
Depends: unidistro-
Recommends: beryl, zim
Provides: unidistro-desktop
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Description: The unidistro desktop system (GNOME Version).