Re: secure install

[Raphael Bauduin <rb@tiscali.be>]

> > Is there a way to prevent the installation of those packages? Why are
> > these installed? Where is it configured?
> 
> Assuming you use dselect, it'll automatically select any Standard
> priority packages. Personally, for secure installs, I start by doing a
> bare minimal install (just the packages in base2_2.tgz) and then
> apt-get install any other packages on an as-needed basis. 

Does that mean that if someone installs a package with dselect, dselect
will in any case install all those unwanted packages?
If I understand what you mean, you may not use dselect to install
packages, or you'll get some unwanted packages installed. Is that right?

Thanks

Raph


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