said Felix Miata:

| Did your upgrade omit both
|
| 	base-installer/install-recommends=false
| and
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| 	APT::Install-Recommends "false";
|
| ???

i guess i did, inasmuch as i don't remember ever having ever heard of any 
of these before. is there a remedy for my failure to do them?
-- 
dep

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