Recommended packages by default in http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810

[Gilbert Mendoza]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:00 AM, shirish <shirishag75 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  Please look at
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810#Recommended packages
> installed by default
>
> I don't see any /etc/apt/apt.conf although I'm sure one can make one.


Interestingly, apt.conf is not placed there by default.  You can
however copy the example configuration from the location below:

/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf

Perhaps clarification is needed on this issue in the recommendation.

>
> " if you want to make this permanent, set APT::Install-Recommends
> "false"; in /etc/apt/apt.conf. "
>
> Also should the . be there? Is it part of the file?
> --

Yes, apt.conf is correct.  The period after apt.conf denotes the end
of a sentence, though.

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