Re: installation of `standard' packages comes as a surprise
Eric Hanchrow wrote:
> After dbootstrap installs the base system for me, and I reboot, the
> Debian Task Installer gives me the option of choosing "task packages"
> to install. If I choose "Quit" without having selected any packages,
> I see about 50 packages getting installed (I assume these are the
> "required" packages). Then the installation process stops, without a
> word, and I'm looking at the "login:" prompt.
Hm, that should not happen. You should get some prompts about how to switch
VC's, and how to log in.
> Nothing wrong with
> that, I suppose. But then, if I log in, run `deslect', choose
> `[S]elect', hit Space, then Enter, I see 68 *more* packages --
> presumably the Standard ones -- which I have yet to install. This is
> weird. Why weren't these packages installed when I initially
> installed Debian?
Randolph, do you think I should run tasksel -risq? I currently run just
tasksel -riq. Policy says that "This is what will install by default if
the user doesn't select anything else.", and a literal reading of that says
that we shouldn't install standard unless the user skips takssel or
something. I understand why dselect then selects it though.
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