Re: Those task packages

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Philip Charles wrote:
> > Since base-desktop contains x-window-system, which depends on
> > x-window-system-core, which is in the desktop task, I assume that this
> > is in fact the case, and that users installing from CD #1 will see the
> > desktop task, and get nothing much besides X (and perhaps not even a
> > window manager) if they select it.
> > 
> > According to the tasksel README, I have not done a install from a CD. 
> "On startup, the tasksel program will read /var/lib/dpkg/available to
> identify task packages (matching "task-*")."
> My understanding is that if no package mentions a task, then that task is
> not presented.

Re-read what I said. You apparently have x-window-system-core on cd #1.
That is in the desktop task, so the desktop task will be displayed. 

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