On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 05:14:13PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > There are several packages that we do want to list during package selection > in anna, but that should not be listed in the main menu. > The current list I'm aware of is: > - openssh-client-udeb > - fdisk-udeb > - cfdisk-udeb > - parted-udeb > > One of the main deciding factors to list a component in anna is the > menu-item-number. > […] > Instead of asking isinstallable files to be added to util-linux, I intend to > commit the patch below to main-menu as an implementation of formal support > for this use case. It checks the menu item and, if it is 99999 or 99900 it > is marked uninstallable and will thus not be displayed. > This is not the most beautiful solution, but IMO it is much better than > having both dummy menu item numbers _and_ dummy isinstallable files. I am thinking of another option (but I have not fully researched if it was doable): we could change main-menu to verify if a package has a postinst script before displaying an entry in the menu. At first look, this would remove the need for the isinstallable and for another hard-coded menu item number in main-menu… Cheers, -- Jérémy Bobbio
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