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Re: [LUG] Package lists for restore/upgrade

 

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:52:50 +0100 (BST)
Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Gordon,

> I shudder to think of some of the packages that get pulled in due to
> some silly dependancy...

Especially when, unknown by most newcomers, the default is "treat
recommends as dependency" on Debian.  Caught me out way back when.

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