Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 20:36:42 +0000, Philip Hands wrote:

> If you want a way to do a non-shell based preseed, you _may_ be able to
> get away with some combination of these:
> 
> =-=-=-=-
> Template: base-installer/includes
> Type: string
> Description: for internal use; can be preseeded
>  Packages to be included in base installation

I've used this and it works. There do not appear to be any drawbacks and
it seems a good method.
 
> Template: base-installer/excludes
> Type: string
> Description: for internal use; can be preseeded
>  Packages to be excluded in base installation

I think needs fixing for this to work.
 
> Template: pkgsel/include
> Type: string
> Description: for internal use; can be preseeded
>  Comma/space-separated list of extra packages to install
> =-=-=-=-

Tried it once and it worked. I prefer base-installer/includes or a
late_command.