#769152 aptitude: why ignores --without-recommends

Package:
aptitude
Source:
aptitude
Description:
terminal-based package manager
Submitter:
Jacob Mansfield
Date:
2015-12-12 14:54:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#769152#5
Date:
2014-11-11 19:49:35 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,
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   * What led up to the situation?
Attempting to find why aptitude wants to install x11 on a headless server

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
aptitude why --without-recommends xserver-xorg

   * What was the outcome of this action?
root@helix:~# aptitude why xserver-xorg
i   reportbug               Suggests   claws-mail (>= 3.8.0)
p   claws-mail              Recommends xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi | xfonts-100dpi-transcoded | xfonts-75dpi-transcoded
p   xfonts-75dpi-transcoded Suggests   xfs | xserver
p   xserver-xorg            Provides   xserver

   * What outcome did you expect instead?
Reason to install xserver-xord without 'Recommends' or 'Suggests' style dependencies

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