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Bug#229271: no lilo go back, too much crap installed, 75% wait, /tmp-Xhack



clone 229271 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5
reassign -1 lilo-installer
retitle -1 Should use backup capability
reassign -2 base-installer
retitle -2 Please use a better granularity for progress bar update
reassing -3 base-config
retitle -3 Should offer possible removal of temporarily needed packages
reassign -4 base-config
retitle -4 Double space in sources.list after apt-setup
reassign -5 base-config
retitle -5 Contrib selected in apt-setup while user wasn't asked for it
thanks

Please consider #229271 analysed (should we close installation-report
bugs in such cases?)

> 1. At "Installing base packages..." the progress bar stayed at 75% for
> quite a while.  I think this has been reported before, but I don't
> think it's fixed yet.  This PC isn't particularly slow, but it waited
> there for quite a while.  It would be nice to have a better update of
> the progress bar.  I stored the output of "ps aux" in a file in case
> you don't know what's going on at 75%.

I guess this belongs to base-installer

bug -1

> 
> 2. One thing I'm not sure has been reported before is the LILO
> installer only gave you the choice to "continue".  There was no "go
> back", which is a pity because I really wanted to install GRUB
> instead.

It seems that lilo-installer does not offer backup capability. I'll
add this (this is among my skills.....:-)))

bug -2

> 
> After the install:
> 
> 3. Too many packages are installed.  There is crap like eject which
> I'll certainly never need.  I understand you need this during d-i to
> eject the CD, but please remove it right at the beginning of
> base-config.  This package doesn't have to be on every installation.
> 
> Also, kernel-pcmcia-* & pcmcia-cs was installed even though this is a
> PC without PCMCIA.  Please only install this if PCMCIA is available.
> 
> libopencdk8 & libgnutls7 was installed, even though nothing depends on
> it?  Also, ash was installed (along with dash), even though ash is
> just a transition package for dash.
> 
> ipchains was installed? *boggle*
> 
> fdutils was installed (the PC doesn't have a floppy drive...).
> 
> read-edid & mdetect: this should be removed after X configuration (or
> are they needed to run X?  I think they're only for configuration,
> right).
> 
> [I'm aware these are issues in base-config, debootstrap and probably
> others.  Please clone/reassign as appropriate.]

Ditto. Only one bug report for all though maybe several are needed.

bug -3

> 
> 4. A file /tmp-Xhack exists after install, which certainly shouldn't exist.


lib/menu/pkgsel creates this file which should be cleaned in
lib/menu/apt-get.

I think this is a consequence of the loop you mention below.

> 
> 5. There was a loop in base-config when setting up APT.  I chose
> "ftp", chose "enter information" (or what it's called), entered the
> name and directory of a FTP Debian server, and when I pressed okay I
> was back in the menu where I can choose between cdrom/http/ftp/etc.
> It wouldn't let me continue... so I pressed "cancel".

This bug is already known and fixed.

> Also, the apt sources line said "main  contrib" (two space, should be
> one).  And why is contrib in there anyway?
 
This is because of this line in apt-setup:


	echo "deb $URI:$SEP$HOST$DIR $DIST main $NONFREE $CONTRIB" >> $tmpsources

As $NONFREE is empty, we end up with a double space

Bug -4

About contrib: if I properly read apt-setup, contrib is proposed at
low priority when non-free is NOT chosen (the non-free choice has low
priority and a default to "false"...this is why you didn't get
non-free and even wasn't asked for it) and default is "false"......so,
logically, you shouldn't have ended up with contrib....

This is maybe fixed, however (consequence of the loop?)....

bug -5





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