Apt Install-Recommends set to false
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Linux Mint |
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Bug Description
I first reported this here https:/
The problem is the Apt Install-Recommends being set to false in the live-cd itself. My guess is that the install copy the /etc or a part of it to the /target system.
I understand that there might be a reason why this is set to false in the livecd. But in a Desktop system this is a problem.
Here is an example, installing pipelight from their ppa. With Install-Recommends to false you get a bug when using dual screen because with the missing xinerama lib, wine gets the wrong screen size and you get only half of the image when in fullscreen.
So, why not just put the xinerama lib as a dependency instead of a recommend on the pipelight package? Because it would be wrong.
If we look at http://
As Dunkult mentionned in the first bug i reported, it is silly to disable recommends, but many people insist on doing it instead of insisting on package maintainers to use recommends properly for the benefit of all.
As i said, i understand that in the live-cd, the reason it is there might have something to do with making sure the cd does not get too big. But i'm sure there are other ways of doing this. It is a cheap hack at best, and its causing problems.
This appears to make Docker incompatible with latest Mint 17 "Qiana" (LTS) - cf. https:/ /github. com/dotcloud/ docker/ issues/ 1899