Re: debootstrap: option to install locales packages with the base stuff

[Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk>]

On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 18:22, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> I would like to see the attached patch included into debootstrap. The
> idea is: if you set a environment variable, it will install the locales
> package (and depending debconf package). 

I would rather see a generic option along the lines of
"--extra-base-packages=locales,debconf,...", or an equivalent
environment variable.  That way it can be used to install things like
kon2 (needed for Japanese) as well.

p.