Re: Why do we need a base *section*?

[Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>]

> >  Ok.. that would be better. But, why do you need those symlinks anyway? =)
> 
> It is sometimes useful to know which packages are required by the system. I
> often install just 'base' and a couple of other packages for minimal router
> configuration.

All required packages and the packages in the 'base' section are not the
same anyway. Dselect can nicely order all the packages by their
priorities.

Alex Y.

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