On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 02:39:28PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > For example, just to remind everyone, RMS is not asking that Debian removes > non-free and contrib. However, he requires that someone installing the > GNU system will not have the option to add those to the apt config offered > to him. So apt would be a good candidate to be replaced with a version of > apt that contains a different sources.list configuration file, as one > example (external solution). Alternatively, Debian could have a hidden flag > that could be triggered by the FSF that does the same thing without > overriding apt or other packages (internal solution). Currently, the Debian installer (boot-floppies/dbootstrap) already asks whether to put non-free in the apt sources.list. It seems to me that creating a separate set of install disks for the GNU distro would be sufficient to eliminate this question and configure only 'main' apt sources. Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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