Re: installation of `standard' packages comes as a surprise
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:
> Eric Hanchrow wrote:
> > 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.
Speaking as someone who had the same experience, we should either
install the Standard packages, or provide a task that selects them or
some other option to install them.
It's *very* frustrating to do an install from tasksel and find that
you don't have things like file, cron, or exim installed.
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